The puffin population on Rathlin Island has been drawing nature lovers there for years. But the 150 human residents of Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island share the isle with many ...
Northern Ireland's only inhabited off-shore island plays host to the distinctive seabirds every year from around Easter time.
He said the main threat to puffins on the islands is land-based predation and ... said the most recent census of breeding seabirds in Ireland covering the period 2015-21 estimated the number ...
He was part of a world-first plan to rid an island off the coast of Northern Ireland of ferrets ... Ferrets and rats pose a grave risk to puffins and other seabirds who breed on Rathlin Island ...
Think of Rathlin Island and you most likely think of puffins. But with numbers declining by 40% since 1999, the race is on to protect the colourful ground-nester from predators before the balance ...
Puffins are among 23 birds that were moved to the red-list according to the Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland’s latest report. We hear about an environmental project aiming to help young ...