Like clockwork, the Atlantic puffins are back on Rathlin Island for the first time this year, a small vanguard but expected to grow steadily over the coming days. The first puffin to arrive this ...

“Rathlin Island is poetry” were the opening lyrics of the song eked out from the words of local people about the place they call home and quiet McCuaig’s was soon bouncing when they belted ...

The excitement for Spring is building on Rathlin Island as its famous puffins have made their annual return to the craggy cliffs there. The ever-punctual puffins have returned on or around March ...

The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said. Since the ...