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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |