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Photo-ID matches
*We have photo-ID matches!* On 19th March 2021 , a small pod of Risso's dolphins were spotted close in at Marine drive. 2 individuals swam past the toll gates at 12:30 followed by a separate 2 at 14:30. We have had some very good quality photographs submitted from...
2021 events list
Events 2021: February Half Term MWDW Visitor Centre Open Mon 15th-Sat 20th 10am-4pm Centre opening hours Feb-April outside of school holidays: Saturday's 10-4pm Sunday Sea Watches at the Sound. 11th April 11am-1pm, 25th April 2-4pm, 9th May 11am-1pm, 23rd May 2-4pm,...
Moonlight and Starlight still here 15 months on
Above photo: Charles Shimmin, Ramsey bay If you still haven't seen our dedicated website to Moonlight and Starlight please do take a look. It contains all info about this pair including sightings plots, photos and videos. You can view it by clicking here Our...
World Marine Mammal Conference & new Risso’s dolphin website
Better late than never for this post! It was a year ago (Dec 19) that the MWDW science team travelled to Barcelona to take part in the 2nd World Marine Mammal Conference. It was a combination of the European Cetacean Society and Society of Marine Mammalogy (southern...
Pilot whale stranding 17th November 2020
***Warning, this post contains graphic images** On 17th November 2020, MWDW, along with the Manx Wildlife Trust and DEFA, attended an unusual stranding of a long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas. The animal had washed in on the morning tide the previous day and...
Probable rare Sei whale sighting
On 20th September 2020, during Minke whale season, MWDW were conducting a land-based survey at Marine drive and spotted 2 whales which we suspect to have been Sei whales Balaenoptera boralis. A species rarely seen in Manx waters. The whales were seen foraging in the...
Let’s celebrate the beach and sea!
Festival of the Beach and Sea happened recently on the island, and you already know that yours truly were there to celebrate it! Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch had yet another successful stall in a festival, but sadly there were no special guests to arrive. It was here...
Moonlight steals the spotlight
Greeting fellow cetacean lovers! It has been a while since the Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch have updated you on our life and what we have been doing so without further ado, let’s take a dive straight into it! On the second of August, the annual Peel Carnival...
‘missing’ Moray Firth Dolphin sets up home on island
In September 2019 a Bottlenose dolphin calf was born in a bay on the south east of the Isle of Man. Since then, our community has been blessed with wonderful, frequent sightings of this mother and juvenile bottlenose dolphin. Now, in July 2020, Manx Whale and Dolphin...
Galps sea trial
Above: Matt Dean, Bryony Manley, Richard Coase, Roy Maddrell, Jen Adams On 25th June we took our research vessel Galps out for the first time in about 2 years for a sea trial. Many of you will know we have had constant trouble with her, finding one problem after...