Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/09/2022 | 16:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
South of the Sound |
Sue_Whittaker & Carol Woodall |
| 02/09/2022 | 17:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 65 |
Douglas Bay |
France Heckel and others |
| 02/09/2022 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 2 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Dhoon beach |
Owen Atkinson |
| 28/08/2022 | 15:30 | Common Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Logging on surface | 15 |
Off Langness |
Mike Dunn |
| 28/08/2022 | 14:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Leaping | 240 |
Marine drive |
Various |
| 28/08/2022 | 10:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 35 |
Ramsey Bay |
Andrea & Robert |
| 28/08/2022 | 06:50 | Common Dolphin | 40 | 30 | Bow riding | 120 |
4 miles west Chicken Rock |
Darren Watterson |
| 27/08/2022 | 19:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Peel |
Lots of Peel folk |
| 27/08/2022 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 100 | 50 | Bow riding | 10 |
10 miles off Peel |
Luke Turkington and Rosa Hutchinson |
| 27/08/2022 | 11:50 | Swordfish | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
4.7 miles off Niarbyl |
MWDW |
| 26/08/2022 | 19:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
The Calf sound |
Kyla |
| 26/08/2022 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Castletown bay |
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| 26/08/2022 | 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 |
| 25/08/2022 | 14:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
Langness |
Emma Watterson |
| 25/08/2022 | 12:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
1/2 a mile off Peel |
Kyle Bolton |