Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2022 | 19:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 35 |
S of Sound car park |
Sue & Carol |
| May 7, 2022 | 18:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
SE of Sound |
Carol & Sue |
| May 7, 2022 | 18:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
S of Sound |
C Woodall |
| May 7, 2022 | 19:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 15 |
SSE of Sound |
C Woodall |
| May 7, 2022 | 17:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
West of Chicken Rock |
Caroline & Phil Roriston |
| May 7, 2022 | 16:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Calf of Man Lighthouses |
Caroline & Phil Roriston |
| May 7, 2022 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 600 |
Ballaugh to Contrary head then Peel |
Too many to mention |
| May 5, 2022 | 11:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Erin |
Cheryl Moorhouse |
| May 5, 2022 | 18:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
South of the Sound |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| May 3, 2022 | 11:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
North of the Calf |
Carol & Sue |
| May 3, 2022 | 11:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
South of the Sound |
Carol & Sue |
| May 3, 2022 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
North breakwater, Ramsey. |
Stuart McCudden |
| May 2, 2022 | 15:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
North of the Calf |
C Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| May 2, 2022 | 15:20 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
West of Sound car park |
C Woodall |
| May 2, 2022 | 15:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
South of the Sound |
Sue & Carol |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
| July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
| July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Glen Maye – Peel Hill | David R | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 15:55 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 150-200m off Peel Castle | Mike Davies | |||
| June 30, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Scarlett | Virginia Keig | ||
| June 30, 2022 | 16:24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 2 | North coast of the Calf of Man | Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts | |
| June 27, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles west of Peel | Max Crookall | |||
| June 23, 2022 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Half a mile north of Calf Sound | Malcolm Stewart | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 18:15 | 1 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Herring tower Langness | Richard and Janice Cooil |