The nettle rhizomes are dug up during the winter months The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the Royal Society for ...

Rathlin Island was only connected to Northern Ireland's main electricity grid in 2007. Prior to that it was powered by unreliable wind turbines and old diesel generators. Now islanders want to use ...

Rathlin Island looks pretty close when you are waiting for the ferry at Ballycastle Harbour. But, if you don't have sea legs, it doesn't feel that close ten minutes into the crossing. Rathlin is ...

The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said. Since the ...

Corncrake population on Rathlin Island is being maintained with annual nettle dig, the RSPB said.