The Irish Times

Rathlin Island’s puffins: We have quite a lot of people who arrive and say, ‘So, where exactly are the penguins?’

First, there is a gasp. “There he is. Oh my God, he’s so cute.” A puffin has been sighted, far up on Rathlin Island’s western cliffs. On the viewing platform everyone turns towards it, cameras aloft.
BBC

Rare bird breeds on island for first time in decades

The amber-listed Manx Shearwater has bred on Rathlin Island for the first time in decades. And hopes are now high that their population will grow again. The bird was once present on the island in ...
Ulster University

Designing Tomorrow: Future Island-Island and Rathlin Island Shaping Green Futures

Reflections on two years of collaborative design research and what’s next for Phase Two. After two years of co-design research with Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland’s only inhabited offshore island, ...
BBC

Woody the dog switches detection skills to save puffins

He was part of a world-first plan to rid an island off the coast of Northern Ireland of ferrets. Now, Woody the detection dog has his nose trained on Rathlin’s rats. Ferrets and rats pose a grave risk ...