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Nature Of Rathlin
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Celebrating #Rathlin Island's rich & varied natural heritage through our Local Biodiversity Action Plan #NatureOfRathlin
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Nature Of Rathlin @natureofrathlin.bsky.social · Jan 20
Migrating from that other place - Get the full story of #Rathlin Island's Local #Biodiversity Action Plan #NatureOfRathlin www.rathlincommunity.org/sites/rathli...
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NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to tag and track #seabirds on Rathlin Island: buff.ly/YXOCMiU
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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🎁 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👇
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Festive Guillemot. Photo by Edmund Fellowes / BTO
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Good morning from Rathlin
Low winter sun coming through trees. Small church and graveyard visible and then to the right is the sea and the rock armour for the harbour.
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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@barrabest.bsky.social sunset from Rathlin today!
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🐧🎄Christmas gift ideas for nature lovers🎄🐧

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#fieldofdreams #homebirds #Rathlin #rathlinislandnd #christmasgiftideas #christmasgiftideas2025 #booksmakegreatgifts #BooksWorthReading
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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blackstaffpress.bsky.social
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
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December 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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On #Rathlin at Christmas Craft Fair & book launch: The Story of Rathlin Wool
By Marianne Green
#Stormhour #Photohour
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View across island harbour with mountain in distance (left) and sun behind clouds, ferry just leaving
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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blackstaffpress.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 👇
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November 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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organicbotanic.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.

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Lacey tiny white flowers in five clusters in close up take up the central circle of the photo with a few green leaves behind almost out of focus.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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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.

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Many daisy leaves by the path in this place and quite a few flowers but only one flower looked unharmed by feet or weather. One flower head with white petals and yellow centre which has Fibonacci spiral
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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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.

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Campion close up of a flowering spike with about 8 - 10 pink flowers looking surprisingly flourishing for winter
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

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Close up of Herb Robert - a small purse flower with hairy calyx and hairy stems - some hairs are long, some short.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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youtu.be/mkmOKzKQrcY?...
Our Living Coast
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November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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"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...
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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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.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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blackstaffpress.bsky.social
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👇

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#blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
natureofrathlin.bsky.social
An exciting conservation job opportunity!
steffopp.bsky.social Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · Nov 4
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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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
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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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. 🌍 🦤🧪🦊🪶

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Podcast cover art for 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science' featuring a split layout with dramatic coastal scenery on the left showing a lighthouse perched atop steep cliff faces at Rathlin Island against a blue sky with white clouds, and a smiling male podcast host wearing glasses and a headset with microphone on the right. The episode title 'Ferret Eradication Life Raft Rathlin Island' appears in large text overlay on the landscape portion, with 'FERRET ERADICATION' in white and gold, and 'LIFE RAFT RATHLIN ISLAND' continuing below. The entire composition is framed with a gold border against an olive green background, with 'PODCAST' text at the bottom.
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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An Irish book I discovered at a bookshop event was the wonderful ‘Rathlin: A Wild Life’ by @rubyfree.bsky.social #IrishBookWeek #IrishBookaDay #BookSky
October 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A beautiful sea of mists this morning on Rathlin #speirgorm
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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RADDE'S WARBLER, Rathlin Island, Co Antrim.
📷 photos by Sticky Beak.
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Looks really interesting. Thanks @lisnagarveylass.bsky.social
lisnagarveylass.bsky.social Lisnagarveylass @lisnagarveylass.bsky.social · Oct 14
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belfastnfc.bsky.social Belfast Naturalists Field Club @belfastnfc.bsky.social · Oct 10
Tuesday 14th October 7.30 to 9pm Ulster Museum; also zoom ([email protected] if not a BNFC member)
Neil Reid, QUB, speaks on "The Natural History of the Irish Hare: The Ice Age to present"
(Photo: Alan Wolfe)
October 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Church Bay, Rathlin Island this evening #speirgorm (nó oráiste, nó dearg...)
October 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM