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Manx Basking Shark Watch

If you want to report a sighting or see recent reports please link to our NEW WEBSITE on

otherwise read on!

Welcome to the Manx Wildlife Trust's Manx Basking Shark Watch web page. We are working in collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society Basking Shark Watch. The Isle of Man is a basking shark 'hotspot', having particularly high densities of basking sharks compared to elsewhere in the British Isles. We would like YOU to help us find out how many basking sharks visit the Isle of Man every year, and to help us study what they are doing whilst they're here!