Life on the water

Seabirds

Gannets, razorbills, guillemots, fulmars and kittiwakes around Rathlin Island and the Causeway Coast, photographed from Selkie on our wildlife boat tours.

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A guillemot in flight, red legs and white wing patches on show.
A kittiwake skimming low over the water, wings spread wide.
A peregrine falcon perched on a lichen-covered rock above the woodland.
A gull swimming close beneath the cliffs.
A fulmar gliding by, wings held stiff and still.
A pair of gannets flying together against a clear blue sky.
Kittiwakes skimming low over the water, wings spread wide.
A kittiwake against a grey sky, wings fully spread.
A gannet cutting through the grey sky.
A fulmar gliding low over the water, coastal hills behind.
A gannet turning into a steep dive.
The cormorant still drying its wings, with other birds nearby.
A fulmar gliding past the cliff face.
A shag perched on a rock, keeping watch over the water.
Cormorants or shags calling from the rocks, a gull standing close by.
A flock of gannets strung out across the sky above the coastline.
A guillemot swimming, then diving under.
Two guillemots on the water, one taking off in a splash.
Two gulls close together over something at the water's surface.
A gannet flying low, a wave breaking beneath it.
Kittiwakes resting on the water, two with a dark strand in the bill.
A large gull perched on dark rocks at the shoreline.
Gannets flying in a loose line against an open sky.
A small auk floating alone on open water.
A kittiwake flying past the cliffs.
A seabird gliding, small and distant against an open grey sky.
A fulmar gliding low over the water, wings raised.
A little group of seabirds gathered on the rocks, one stretching its wings.
A kittiwake coming in to land, wings raised and legs down.

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