Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2022 | 10:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Point of Ayre |
Russell Cowell |
| May 1, 2022 | 20:18 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Glen Mooar |
Paul |
| April 30, 2022 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Ramsey bay |
Keren |
| April 22, 2022 | 19:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Off Fenella beach |
Adam Tansley |
| April 21, 2022 | 15:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Grenaugh |
Dave Griffiths |
| April 19, 2022 | 20:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Niarbyl bay |
Ann and Tony Thick |
| April 18, 2022 | 07:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Between Ramsey and Dogmills |
Clare Harkin |
| April 15, 2022 | 18:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Swimming parallel to the Promenade heading past Peel Headlands. |
Ruth M Black and Adam Denard |
| April 14, 2022 | 10:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Castletown Bay, Langness side |
Richard Norris |
| April 13, 2022 | 13:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel bay- swimming pool side- Moonlight & Starlight. |
Sara Ismail-Sutton |
| April 11, 2022 | 10:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 1 |
By the side of Peel Castle |
Marc Boulton |
| April 10, 2022 | 08:11 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | 1 | Bow riding | 3 |
Bulgham Bay |
John Green |
| April 7, 2022 | 15:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Toll Gate – Marine Drive – Douglas |
Colin Gundry, Phil Dunne |
| April 3, 2022 | 11:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 280 |
Off Port Erin to Peel bay |
Jo Kinley, Alison Cowin, Michael George |
| April 2, 2022 | 18:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Off langness |
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 |