Ferrets, believed introduced in the 1980s, were responsible for the mass deaths of seabirds, including Atlantic puffins ...

Puffins are late arrivals to the island, joining the hundreds of thousands that swarm the island for the nesting season ...

Conservationists working to protect Rathlin Island's at-risk seabirds are hopeful that they have rid the island of its invasive ferret population. Launched in 2021, the five-year £4.5m the LIFE ...

Everyday life explored on Rathlin, an island situated just off the north coast of Country Antrim. First broadcast in January 1957 and restored in the early 1990s by David Dillon, this film shows ...

A project to combat invasive species on Rathlin Island has said it is “optimistic” that a species of bird-killing, domestic ferret has been completely eradicated. Councillors in the Causeway ...