Fantastic news, #Rathlin is declared ferret free 2yrs after an #island restoration project was carried out. Fingers crossed for rat free status in 2yrs too! #Biosecurity is key to keeping these invasive predators off Rathlin, check your bags, vehicle & boat for signs www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Some good news, not as good as the demise of Trump & Netanyahu, but it'll do.
#ferrets #birds #seabirds #RSPB #nature #environment #conservation #Ireland #NorthernIreland #Rathlin #Antrim
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Woody #Dog #Ferret #Rathlin #RSPB #Puffin #Rat #GreenSky #Ecology #Conservation #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm
Really excited for the #Rathlin book launch on Sunday 💚
Small flowers of Scurvy Grass
Two Greater Periwinkle flower buds
On the last #TheWinter10 I got TEN! On #Rathlin #Island Shepherd's Purse, Scurvy Grass, Valerian, 3 Cornered Leek, Greater Periwinkle, Lesser Celandine, Herb Robert, Daisy, Speedwell, Blackthorn
#WildFlowerHour
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One delightful Daisy flower head
First Speedwell of the season - a pale blue, small flower
On the last #TheWinter10 I got TEN! On #Rathlin #Island Shepherd's Purse, Scurvy Grass, Valerian, 3 Cornered Leek, Greater Periwinkle, Lesser Celandine, Herb Robert, Daisy, Speedwell, Blackthorn
#WildFlowerHour
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One Lesser Celandine flower opening in grass by the sea
One Lesser Celandine bud opening in the grass by the sea
On the last #TheWinter10 I got TEN! On #Rathlin #Island Shepherd's Purse, Scurvy Grass, Valerian, 3 Cornered Leek, Greater Periwinkle, Lesser Celandine, Herb Robert, Daisy, Speedwell, Blackthorn
#WildFlowerHour
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Larry Magennis standing with his title presentation slide behind him.
Great presentation & discussion today on #Rathlin from @ulsteruni.bsky.social academic Larry Magennis, Belfast School of Art, on sustainable product design @niscifest.bsky.social
Dr Michael Pierre Johnson facing the audience with a screen and the title slide behind him.
Great start to the @niscifest.bsky.social on #Rathlin, ‘Connecting Coastal Cultures’ with Dr Michael Pierre Johnson, Kirsten Millar, Jen Skinner. Great start to knowledge sharing, loved seeing their projects and the work they do. Will be exciting to work together @futureislandisland.bsky.social
Gathered fishing twine, marine litter and plastics from a beach clean.
It doesn’t take long to gather lots of beach litter, plastics and ghost gear. #Rathlin #BeachClean #Take3ForTheSea
🐧🎄Christmas gift ideas for nature lovers🎄🐧
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#fieldofdreams #homebirds #Rathlin #rathlinislandnd #christmasgiftideas #christmasgiftideas2025 #booksmakegreatgifts #BooksWorthReading
Ruby Free visited Little Acorns Bookstore over the weekend to sign copies of 'Rathlin, A Wild Life'. Pop in for the perfect Christmas present! 🎁
Photo credit: @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social
#rathlin #naturegifts #christmasshopping #nature #seabirds
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View across island harbour with mountain in distance (left) and sun behind clouds, ferry just leaving
On #Rathlin at Christmas Craft Fair & book launch: The Story of Rathlin Wool
By Marianne Green
#Stormhour #Photohour
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Lacey tiny white flowers in five clusters in close up take up the central circle of the photo with a few green leaves behind almost out of focus.
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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Many daisy leaves by the path in this place and quite a few flowers but only one flower looked unharmed by feet or weather. One flower head with white petals and yellow centre which has Fibonacci spiral
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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Campion close up of a flowering spike with about 8 - 10 pink flowers looking surprisingly flourishing for winter
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Close up of Herb Robert - a small purse flower with hairy calyx and hairy stems - some hairs are long, some short.
Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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A model Puffin - perhaps plastic - stuck on a wall on an island where puffins live.
Here you are @alan678.bsky.social #Rathlin in August 2020. Rather faded now...Fooled a few...(had not intended to)
#Puffin
We have three Blackstaff Press authors taking part in @dublinbookfest.bsky.social this week: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Evelyn Conlon and Ruby Free. For more info👇
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#blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland
LAST TICKETS!
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life.
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A photo showing Beverley McCormick and Adrian Boyd outside St Mary’s Primary School, Rathlin Island. Beverley and Adrian are standing either side of the school logo.
Great to see colleagues Beverley McCormick & Dr Adrian Boyd @ulsteruni.bsky.social bring their STEM lego workshops to #Rathlin today to work with the School and run an intergenerational session with the island’s seniors group & primary pupils as part of the #ESRC Festival. #LearningWithLego
Sunny ripples on the sea with the sand beneath
Sunny ripples on the sea with the sand beneath. Cool patterns of sand and ripples.
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. Tickets have nearly sold out:
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29 Sept: Feast Day of St Murgal mac Ninneda (d. 769), Abbot of Rechru. Probably #Rathlin Island, Co. #Antrim or possibly #Lambay Island, #Dublin. O'Hanlon favoured Rathlin. 📷Rathlin founded by either St Columba, St Comgall or St Ségéne mac Fiachna, abbot of Iona?
A photograph of our two shadows as we come out of the sea from a swim, with sunny ripples on the shore and the beach #SonAndMother
A lovely sunny Sunday swim (& also trying to help a frozen shoulder by freezing it some more) 🥶☀️🌊 #Rathlin
Welcome to the Imaginarium text on a big screen.
An immersive suite with the screens on two sides visible. Imagery of Rathlin in the background and colourful icons the visitor can touch to hear some of the stories from the project.
A pop up displays with more information about the Imaginarium project working with young people.
A view into the immersive suite showing imagery from the project.
Well done Nina, Meabh, all the young people and everyone involved in bringing the Imaginarium exhibition to W5! Superb work #SustainableFutures #YoungPeople #Education #Rathlin @futureislandisland.bsky.social
Rathlin shore and harbour in the foreground with a double rainbow arching across the image and a cloudy sky in the background.
A stunning double rainbow on #Rathlin this morning before we head to W5 for the Imaginarium exhibition celebrating a partnership between @futureislandisland.bsky.social with The Big Idea and EA Youth Services to capture young people’s ideas for a more sustainable future.
A scene of a purple headed flower in the foreground and a seascape behind with a ruined building on the land to the left.
So hard to chose my #FavouritePlant for this week!
Here: Knapweed #BytheSea was truly wonderful
#Wildflowerhour
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#wildflower #flower
#VitaminN #Rathlin
