The presence of six calling male corncrakes on Rathlin Island this breeding season has been hailed as a "record-breaking" milestone. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Northern Ireland ...

An seabird species that had all but vanished from local shores has returned home to Northern Ireland after decades away. For the first time in recent memory, Manx shearwaters have been confirmed ...

On 1 February, fares on the publicly-funded ferry routes between Strangford–Portaferry and Ballycastle–Rathlin Island will ...

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 ...

Only a handful of endangered corncrakes return each year to Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland, but volunteers are working hard to increase their number by growing nettles to give them cover, the BBC ...

The very tiny Rathlin Island is off the coast of Northern Ireland and it is home to about 150 people. As record temperatures, massive wildfires, and annual storms of the century rock communities ...

A rare seabird has been seen breeding on Rathlin Island for the first time in decades. Manx shearwaters are an amber-listed species in the UK and Ireland that are highly vulnerable to various ...

The captain of a Dutch cargo ship that ran aground at Rathlin Island has been fined £1,000 ($1,300) at Armagh Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to failing to keep a proper look out. Ship’s ...

And hopes are now high that their population will grow again. The bird was once present on the island in "considerable" numbers but is now considered at risk of decline. Monitoring by members of the ...