Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 12, 2022 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Marine drive Toll gate |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| September 10, 2022 | 15:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
SE of the Sound |
Carol Woodall |
| September 10, 2022 | 12:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 2 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Marine drive Toll gate |
Ian Wilcock |
| September 9, 2022 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Chickens, Calf of Man |
Catrin Ferguson |
| September 8, 2022 | 16:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 12 |
SSE of the Sound |
Carol & Sue |
| September 8, 2022 | 17:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
SSE of Sound |
Carol & Sue |
| September 8, 2022 | 16:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
South of the Sound |
Sue_Whittaker & Carol Woodall |
| September 2, 2022 | 17:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 65 |
Douglas Bay |
France Heckel and others |
| September 2, 2022 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 2 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Dhoon beach |
Owen Atkinson |
| August 28, 2022 | 10:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 35 |
Ramsey Bay |
Andrea & Robert |
| August 28, 2022 | 15:30 | Common Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Logging on surface | 15 |
Off Langness |
Mike Dunn |
| August 28, 2022 | 14:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Leaping | 240 |
Marine drive |
Various |
| August 28, 2022 | 06:50 | Common Dolphin | 40 | 30 | Bow riding | 120 |
4 miles west Chicken Rock |
Darren Watterson |
| August 27, 2022 | 11:50 | Swordfish | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
4.7 miles off Niarbyl |
MWDW |
| August 27, 2022 | 19:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Peel |
Lots of Peel folk |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |