This year's NI Science Festival is almost upon us, and once again there are several fantastic events being hosted on Rathlin, this year between Friday 13th & Friday 20th February. Check out the details here: rathlin360.com/visit/ni-sci... #NISF26 @niscifest.bsky.social

Zweieinhalb Minuten hoch im Norden: Rathlin Island youtu.be/38RE_cT0xDw

"[drawing] on research ... exploring the environmental challenges faced by remote island communities [and] Focusing on Rathlin Island, the commission invites visitors to explore a section of the UK’s coastline, learning from the island’s community and its rich history." tinyurl.com/58w628mc

Rathlin & Ballycastle today. More signs of life despite Storm Chandra: Red Valerian, Little Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Sea Campion, Groundsel fruiting, 3 Corner Leek, Daisy #WildFlowerHour #TheWinter10 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Rathlin & Ballycastle today. More signs of life despite Storm Chandra: Red Valerian, Little Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Sea Campion, Groundsel fruiting, 3 Corner Leek, Daisy #WildFlowerHour #TheWinter10 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Rathlin & Ballycastle today. More signs of life despite Storm Chandra: Red Valerian, Little Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Sea Campion, Groundsel fruiting, 3 Corner Leek, Daisy #WildFlowerHour #TheWinter10 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Rathlin & Ballycastle today. More signs of life despite Storm Chandra: Red Valerian, Little Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Sea Campion, Groundsel fruiting, 3 Corner Leek, Daisy #WildFlowerHour #TheWinter10 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

After what has felt like weeks of dark grey clouds, heavy rain and freezing cold winds, it is so good to just see... this. Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim #speirgorm

Wintry showers across Rathlin Island and Ballycastle this afternoon - 3pm on New Year’s Day. 📸 Cathy Clark

Seasons greetings, love and peace 🌊 🎄

It doesn’t take long to gather lots of beach litter, plastics and ghost gear. #Rathlin #BeachClean #Take3ForTheSea

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to tag and track #seabirds on Rathlin Island: buff.ly/YXOCMiU

🎁 Ten lords a-leaping! 🪂 At only 3 weeks old and still unable to fly, Guillemot chicks leap from their high cliff nests to meet their fathers at sea ⛰️ Rathlin Island hosts the largest Guillemot colony in the UK & Ireland, regularly surveyed by the Seabird Monitoring Programme👇 bto.org/smp

Good morning from Rathlin

@barrabest.bsky.social sunset from Rathlin today!

🐧🎄Christmas gift ideas for nature lovers🎄🐧 blackstaffpress.com #fieldofdreams #homebirds #Rathlin #rathlinislandnd #christmasgiftideas #christmasgiftideas2025 #booksmakegreatgifts #BooksWorthReading

Ruby Free visited Little Acorns Bookstore over the weekend to sign copies of 'Rathlin, A Wild Life'. Pop in for the perfect Christmas present! 🎁 Photo credit: @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social #rathlin #naturegifts #christmasshopping #nature #seabirds @rubyfree.bsky.social

On #Rathlin at Christmas Craft Fair & book launch: The Story of Rathlin Wool By Marianne Green #Stormhour #Photohour @lindahughes.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @stormhour.com @samhanna1791.bsky.social @cmjohnston.bsky.social @annlizkelly.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social

📽️LOST FOR WORDS 🎬 Foyle Film Festival & Playhouse Derry 🗓️Fri 29 Nov 7pm 📍Nerve Centre, Derry 📚Celebrated nature writers Ruby Free (Rathlin, A Wild Life) and Kerri ní Dochartaigh will be in conversation following this special screening. FREE tickets here 👇 foylefilmfestival.org/whats-on/los...

Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

"The Story of Rathlin Wool" written by islander Marianne Green and illustrated by Lynn Finnegan from Ballycastle will be launched in Yarn (former Danske Bank) in Ballycastle on Wednesday the 26th November at 7pm...

Twenty jet skis on the beach at Rathlin harbour just now. Roaring in at very high speed, some of them blaring dance music as they come. Church Bay and Rathlin Sound is a precious marine habitat being abused by these selfish arseholes.

Here's a pic of two Puffins I took on Rathlin, off the north coast of Ireland about twelve years ago. They were sitting on a ledge just below me.

We have three Blackstaff Press authors taking part in @dublinbookfest.bsky.social this week: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Evelyn Conlon and Ruby Free. For more info👇 dublinbookfestival.com #blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland

An exciting conservation job opportunity!

A few reached out asking about my silence on social media.. I have decided to take a step back in life to reflect and use my free time and few years ahead to restore this old walled garden on Rathlin island and re-open it as a vibrant haven.. On left garden now, on right an inspiration from Scotland

What does it take to eradicate ferrets from an inhabited island? @davidgtosh.bsky.social shares the story of the LIFE Raft project on Rathlin Island - from wireless trap technology and ethical considerations to community relationships and why these projects cost so much. 🌍 🦤🧪🦊🪶 🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/345989

An Irish book I discovered at a bookshop event was the wonderful ‘Rathlin: A Wild Life’ by @rubyfree.bsky.social #IrishBookWeek #IrishBookaDay #BookSky

A beautiful sea of mists this morning on Rathlin #speirgorm

RADDE'S WARBLER, Rathlin Island, Co Antrim. 📷 photos by Sticky Beak.

Looks really interesting. Thanks @lisnagarveylass.bsky.social

Church Bay, Rathlin Island this evening #speirgorm (nó oráiste, nó dearg...)

Sunlight on the sea today #Rathlin #SeaSwim

Rathlin Island. What a place. @niamhburns.bsky.social | #Speirgorm

Manx Shearwater has bred on Rathlin Island for the first time in decades, offering fresh hope for the species' recovery on the isle:

Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. Tickets have nearly sold out: dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...

Very cool news from Rathlin! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 | History made on Rathlin Island: Manx Shearwaters have bred successfully here for the first time in decades — a huge boost for seabird conservation. More below!

A lovely sunny Sunday swim (& also trying to help a frozen shoulder by freezing it some more) 🥶☀️🌊 #Rathlin

Speaking today at the @futureislandisland.bsky.social Rathlin Wool event which is showcasing all the ongoing work with Rathlin wool & creating a sustainable circular economy. I’ll be talking about wool, weaving & needlework on the island in oral stories & learning from past community resilience.

September on the Antrim coast - views of Ballintoy, Sheep Island, and Rathlin Island. 📸 Anne Kelly Art and Photography • @annlizkelly.bsky.social

The lighthouse flashing on Rathlin Island, County Antrim, as clear views this evening revealed the Paps Of Jura, Scotland. 🎥 Anne Kelly Art and Photography • @annlizkelly.bsky.social

I expanded the Wikipedia description of the geology of Rathlin Island from one sentence to a paragraph today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin... ⚒️

Fossil ID question: Does anyone recognize this Cretaceous fossil (in a chert nodule within the Ulster White Limestone on Rathlin Island)? Is it just a fenestrate bryozoan?⚒️

Curlew in church bay Rathlin island. #birds #rathlin #rathlinisland #irishbirds #ballycastle

Stunning sunset beauty from Rathlin Island, County Antrim. 📸 Ksenia Zywczuk