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 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.
A dark cave mouth cut into the cliff, iron-red rock banding above.
Cliffs rising above a small stone ruin on the shore.
A wide coastal view of headland and cliffs, hills layered behind.
An old stone boathouse on the shingle beach below the hills.
A headland and a small island layered against the hills.
Silhouetted basalt cliffs against calm water, a small building perched on the clifftop.
The ocean sunfish rolling just below the surface.
An ocean sunfish seen clearly from above, just under the surface.
An ocean sunfish basking at the surface, its round pale body just visible.
The ocean sunfish surfacing once more.
A lighthouse on the coast, standing above the cliffs.
East Light standing above the cliffs, Rathlin.
A lighthouse on the coast, seen from below the cliff it stands on.
A lighthouse on the coast, standing watch over the clifftop.

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