Rathlin will soon be a sea of brightly coloured beaks and feet again after the puffins returned over the weekend.
Bird charity RSPB NI say the first of the protected species arrived like clockwork, having landed within days of the same date for the past six years.
They come back each year to nest and raise their young and are joined annually at Northern Ireland’s largest sea bird colony by species including kittiwakes, razorbills, fulmars and guillemots.
