Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2022 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 100 | 50 | Bow riding | 10 |
10 miles off Peel |
Luke Turkington and Rosa Hutchinson |
| August 26, 2022 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Castletown bay |
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| August 26, 2022 | 08:30 | Other | 2 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 30 |
Atlantic bluefin tuna-15 miles west of Peel (just outside Manx waters) |
Alasdair Taylor |
| August 26, 2022 | 19:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
The Calf sound |
Kyla |
| August 25, 2022 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 20 | Bow riding | 20 |
1 mile off Peel |
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| August 25, 2022 | 12:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
1/2 a mile off Peel |
Kyle Bolton |
| August 25, 2022 | 14:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
Langness |
Emma Watterson |
| August 23, 2022 | 20:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Pooilvaaish |
Jan G |
| August 22, 2022 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel Castle |
Alex Fancis |
| August 14, 2022 | 17:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Port Erin Bay |
Tom, Freddie Icke, Daniel Corkish, Sam Clare |
| August 14, 2022 | 15:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel Bay |
Beryl Quayle |
| August 14, 2022 | 09:15 | White-beaked dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Between Fort Island and runway extension |
Patrick and Anne Hamilton |
| August 13, 2022 | 12:05 | Common Dolphin | 10 | Normal swimming | 5 |
1.5m west of Bradda Head |
Jane Young | |
| August 13, 2022 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Back of the calf of man |
Gemini |
| August 12, 2022 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
1/2 mile of Perwick bay |
Four winns |
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 |