Nature of Rathlin | Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland's only inhabited island

Nature of Rathlin

Monday 31/03/25

Rathlin Hare (Tom McDonnell)

Early Purple Orchid (Tom McDonnell)

Atlantic Puffin (Tom McDonnell)

Brockley Axe Factory (Crown Historic Environment Division)

Rocky Reef (Northern Ireland Environment Agency)

Rathlin & Fair Head (Northern Ireland Tourist Board)

Peacock Butterfly (Tom McDonnell)

Undersea Arch (DoE Marine Division)

Knockans (Tom McDonnell)

Dry Stone Wall Project (Tom McDonnell)

Model Yacht Racing (Tom McDonnell)

Beach Clean Fun with Rathlin Children (Keep NI Beautiful)

Farming (Tom McDonnell)

Chough (Tom McDonnell)

Gannet (Tom McDonnell)

Church Bay (Tom McDonnell)

Grey Seal (Tom McDonnell)

Ardglass Vikings & Colmcille Currach (Daniel McAfee)

Beach Cleaners (Keep NI Beautiful)

Launch of Rathlin EMSMS

Oyster Catcher (Tom McDonnell)

Whooper Swan (Tom McDonnell)

Bottlenose Dolphins (Tom McDonnell)

Red Admiral Butterfly (Tom McDonnell)

Fulmar (Tom McDonnell)

Hawker Dragonfly (Tom McDonnell)

Golden Hare (Tom McDonnell)

Black Guillemots (Tom McDonnell)

Pyramidal Bugle (Tom McDonnell)

Townland Mapping (Ann Henderson)

Townland Mapping (Ann Henderson)

A selection of some of the amazing images of Rathlin's beautiful biodiversity – part of the island's Local Biodiversity Action Plan.