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 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

A seal hauled out among the kelp, two more seals nearby in the water.
A gannet banking low over the water, one wing raised high.
Gulls diving to feed, a gannet mid-dive close by.
A gannet in flight, wings spread wide against the sky.
A razorbill swimming with several small fish held crosswise in its bill.
A guillemot swimming on the water.
A razorbill floating on calm water, close to the boat.
A seabird colony on the cliffs above, a minke whale surfacing below.
A gannet lifting off the water.
A gannet in close flight against a clear blue sky.
A gannet floating calmly, its golden head and pale eye sharp and close.
A razorbill on the water with a catch of small fish in its bill.
A gannet in flight against a grey sky.
Gannets flying low in a line over the sea.
A razorbill flying high against the sky, the coast below.
A gannet gliding low over blue water, wings fully spread.
Gannets flying in formation over the sea.
A razorbill taking off, wings still tucked, splashing across the water.
A big feeding frenzy of gannets and gulls, birds diving in all around.
A young gannet flying low over the water, the headland behind.
A guillemot on the water, its white underside clear in profile.
A gannet in flight against open sky, head in profile.
Two guillemots and a dark seabird swimming together on the sea.
A gannet banking against the sky.
A seabird colony on the cliffs above, a gannet diving below.
A gull and its chick on the ledge.
A razorbill swimming on calm water.
A gannet flying low over the water, coastline in the distance.
A gannet diving among a group of seabirds, hills behind.
A gannet swimming on calm water, side on.
A gannet gliding low over the water, wings extended level.
A razorbill floating on calm water, ripples spreading around it.
Gannets diving into the sea, one hitting the water in a splash.
A young gull taking off, wings fully spread.
A razorbill taking off, wings spread wide, splashing across the water.
A gannet flying low over the water mid-wingbeat, one wing raised.
A gannet in flight with wings raised above its back, head in profile.
A fulmar flying against a grey sky.
Gulls and fulmars flying low and settling on the water.
A razorbill splashing across the water as it takes off.
A seabird gliding low, two smaller birds floating below.
A razorbill in flight, wing raised, plumage sharp against the sea.
Seabirds on the cliffs and seals on the shore below.
An old stone building above the shore.
Dark basalt cliffs with seabirds nesting on the ledges.
Dark basalt cliffs with seabirds dotted along the ledges.
A headland rising out of the haze.
The dark mouth of Bruce's Cave, seals hauled out below.

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