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