Life on the water

Other Seabirds

Kittiwakes, fulmars, shags, gulls, shearwaters and skuas around Rathlin Island and the Causeway Coast, photographed from Selkie on our wildlife boat tours.

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A big thank you to James Allen (our crew member and guide during the 2026 season) for providing us with most of these beautiful moments and pictures. Please feel free to check him out on Instagram: @orange_in_the_blue

Gulls and fulmars flying low and settling on the water.
A seabird gliding low, two smaller birds floating below.
A Manx shearwater banking with wings raised in a steep V.
A ringed plover walking on a seaweed-strewn beach.
A great skua flapping its wings on the water.
A fulmar gliding low over blue water, wings stretched wide.
A male eider drake close up on calm water.
A flock of kittiwakes flying low over the sea.
A raft of eiders below the rocky shoreline.
A kittiwake skimming low over the water, wings spread wide.
A gull swimming close beneath the cliffs.
A fulmar gliding by, wings held stiff and still.
Kittiwakes skimming low over the water, wings spread wide.
A kittiwake against a grey sky, wings fully spread.
A fulmar gliding low over the water, coastal hills behind.
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.
Two gulls close together over something at the water's surface.
Kittiwakes resting on the water, two with a dark strand in the bill.
A large gull perched on dark rocks at the shoreline.
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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