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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| June 11, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Gansey bay | Tim, Richard Corlett | |||
| June 9, 2022 | 10:57 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Jurby | Lizzie Coote |