Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2022 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel breakwater |
Terry taxi and others |
| March 26, 2022 | 07:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Peel bay |
MWDW |
| March 25, 2022 | 10:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Peel bay |
Lisa Whear |
| March 25, 2022 | 16:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G. |
| March 25, 2022 | 13:10 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 25 | 15 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Angela Guest |
| March 24, 2022 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas Head lighthouse |
Val Galpin |
| March 24, 2022 | 09:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G |
| March 24, 2022 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 8 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Langness |
Pawel G |
| March 24, 2022 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Glen Maye |
Not recorded |
| March 23, 2022 | 18:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Driving fish onto sandbank | 30 |
Ballaugh Beach |
Susie and Liz Brunswick |
| March 22, 2022 | 18:35 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel castle |
Nicola Dixon |
| March 18, 2022 | 10:35 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Mike Kelly |
| March 14, 2022 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 0 | 12 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Mid Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| March 12, 2022 | 15:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Alasdair Sutherland |
| March 11, 2022 | 17:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Ben-my-Chree |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |