Life on the water

Round Rathlin Tour

Photos from our Round Rathlin boat tour: all the way around Rathlin Island, its three lighthouses and seabird cliffs, with an hour ashore at Church Bay.

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A dolphin arching through the surface, back at its highest point.
Two dolphins surfacing together, the further fin already clear.
A dolphin leaping clear of the water, coastline behind.
A dolphin's blowhole breaking the surface right beside the boat.
A dolphin's dorsal fin arching through the surface beside the boat.
A dolphin arching through the water in a splash.
A dolphin porpoising through the surface, its blowhole visible.
A dolphin breaking the surface in a burst of spray.
A dolphin surfacing in a wave of white spray.
Two dolphins surfacing together.
Two dolphins surfacing side by side.
Two dolphins surfacing, tails up in the swell.
A dolphin surfacing in a wake of white spray.
A dolphin surfacing right alongside.
Two dolphins surfacing together, the nearer one's fin held high.
A dolphin arching through the surface, fin held high.
A dolphin porpoising through the surface, spray fanning either side.
A dolphin's fin cutting through white water, part of its head visible alongside.
A dolphin breaking the surface, water curling off its head.
A dolphin breaking the surface close up, water curling off its back.
A dolphin surfacing right alongside us.
Dolphins surfacing together in open water.
A dolphin's blowhole and head breaking the surface beside the boat.
A dolphin surfacing head first through the waves.
A dolphin breaking the surface, spray arcing around it.
The schooner under sail, Ballycastle harbour in the distance.
Our four-legged crew member keeping watch on deck.
The schooner heeling under full sail below Fair Head.
A seal having a stretch, flipper raised over its head.
A seal with its tail curled up, glancing back at us.
A seal glancing back over its shoulder from the rocks.
Two seals resting on the rocks.
A seal surfacing right by the rocks.
A seal hauled out on the rocks, another close alongside.
A seal resting on the rocks as small waves break nearby.
A seal's head popping up in front of the breaking surf.
A seal's head just breaking the calm water.
Two seals surfacing at the base of the basalt cliffs.
A group of seals hauled out on the rocks below the cliffs.
A seal's head poking up through the swell.
Three seals on the rocks, one looking towards us.
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.
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.

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