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 buzzard flying past sea pinks on the cliff.
A puffin swimming close by, orange bill sharp and clear.
A puffin skimming low through the rain.
A puffin flying low, its reflection on the water below.
A puffin taking off, trailing spray behind it.
A puffin landing on the water in a splash.
A puffin flying low over the water, orange bill and feet bright against dark wings.
A puffin flying low, wings raised, orange bill and feet on show.
A puffin flying low over the sea, its orange bill sharp and clear.
Two puffins taking off side by side, trailing spray.
A puffin skimming the water, splashing a wake behind it.
A puffin coming in to land, wings spread against the evening light.
A puffin swimming among guillemots.
A puffin taking off, feet trailing over the water.
A puffin floating alone, bill clearly visible.
A small group of puffins floating together.
A puffin out on the water.
A puffin floating on calm water, its bill clear in profile.
A puffin flying low over choppy water, feet trailing behind.
A puffin floating calmly on the water.
A puffin floating on the water, clear and close.
A puffin flying low over the sea, orange bill on show.
A puffin flying low, others swimming nearby.
A puffin in flight low over the water, orange bill and feet visible.
A puffin in flight against the cliff.
A raft of puffins bobbing on the water.
A puffin taking off, running across the water.
A puffin swimming, its orange bill on show.
A puffin standing on a flower-covered cliff ledge.
A puffin flying low over the water, small in the distance.
A puffin flying past the cliffs, wings beating hard.
A puffin floating on the water.
A minke whale's back and fin breaking calm silvery water.
A gull flying low, a whale's fin blurred in the water behind.
The boat's wake trailing behind under a moody streaked sky.
The skipper on the VHF radio at the wheelhouse helm.
Two guillemots flying low across a rippled blue sea.
A green headland and small rock stack under a bright sky.
Dark basalt cliffs seen close, waves breaking at their base.
East Light on its clifftop, a bird passing overhead.
A lighthouse silhouette and a line of birds at sunrise.
A basalt headland under blue sky, seen from the water.
Guests watching a seabird glide over the headland cliffs.
A rocky headland with sea caves, past the boat's lifebuoy.
SELKIE moored at the harbour with the village behind.
East Light on the headland under a dramatic broken sky.
Rathlin low on the horizon behind the boat's wake.
A green stepped headland ahead, calm silver water below.

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