Wildlife
Rathlin Island
Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
Seabird island 25 minutes by ferry, famous for puffins in early summer.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 5 hours
A small inhabited island with a seabird centre at the western end, a lighthouse and an easy walking road. Puffins arrive in late April and stay to July.
Good to know
- Book the ferry in summer
- Seabird centre is a bus ride from the harbour
- Pack lunch and layers
- Getting there
- Foot ferry from Ballycastle harbour
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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