Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 30, 2022 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Normal swimming 30

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant and Flik
September 29, 2022 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 28, 2022 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 1 Leaping 15

Clay Head side of Laxey bay.

Shane Stigant
September 28, 2022 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Feeding or foraging 70

Laxey bay

Christine Blevins
September 27, 2022 14:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 26, 2022 15:40 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine drive, tollgates

Jay
September 25, 2022 11:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Santon head

Jacqueline Yates
September 24, 2022 13:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine drive, Port Soderick end

Mai Fuller
September 23, 2022 19:20 Minke Whale 2 0 Normal swimming 20

Marine drive

Rosina casson
September 23, 2022 10:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Off the Chasms

Robert Fisher
September 22, 2022 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 6 Feeding or foraging 20

Mid Laxey Bay

Shane Stigant
September 22, 2022 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 3 Feeding or foraging 10

Middle of Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
September 20, 2022 09:30 Unidentified Large Cetacean 2 0 Leaping 10

S of Bradda Head

Carol & Sue
September 20, 2022 09:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 10

Port Erin breakwater

Sue_Whittaker & Carol Woodall
September 20, 2022 09:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Niarbyl

Maurice

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock