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 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW | |||
| June 6, 2022 | 16:40 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 5m off Port Erin | Faye Devlin | |||
| June 3, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Half a mile west of Spanish Head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
| May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
| April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |