An invasive predator has been eradicated from Rathlin Island in a conservation project, helping to secure the future of Northern Ireland’s largest seabird colony. The £4.5 million LIFE Raft (Rathlin ...

Predatory feral ferrets have been removed from Rathlin Island for the first time, in a boost for Northern Ireland’s largest seabird colony. Rathlin Island is ferret-free after a £4.5m (€5.2m) ...

There were an estimated 100 ferrets on Rathlin Island before the eradication (stock photo) A "world-first" conservation scheme has successfully eradicated feral ferrets from Rathlin Island to protect ...

Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is ferret-free after £4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI Predatory feral ferrets have been removed from an island for the first time ever, in a boost for ...

Since the removal of the invasive species, a native seabird, the Manx shearwater, has returned to breeding on Rathlin Island for the first time in 20 years Getty Northern Ireland's Rathlin Island is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo of a ferret (Mustela putorius furo) in the grass in Bavaria, Germany The conservation effort was made to protect native ...

Introduced to the island to control the rat population there, the alien ferrets became more rat-like than the rats and took to killing seabirds Like their wild ancestors, ferrets are slim serpentine ...

A photo of a ferret (Mustela putorius furo) in the grass in Bavaria, Germany An island off the coast of Northern Ireland has reached a conservation milestone that is believed to be the first of its ...

In a world-first, Rathlin Island has eradicated ferrets - and residents have a special conservation dog to thank. The non-native predator was introduced to the island in the 1980s and has wreaked ...

IF you fancy a quiet escape off the coast of the UK, then an island is about to become much easier to get to. The L-shaped Rathlin Island is six miles off County Antrim in Northern Ireland and is home ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woody the biosecurity dog and Claire Barnett from RSPB NI [BBC] In a world-first, Rathlin Island, off the coast of County Antrim, ...