The sea bird colonies and wildflowers of Rathlin Island were stunning, including the rare pyramidal bugle.

Ajuga pyramidalis, commonly known as pyramidal bugle, is a flowering plant of the genus Ajuga in the family Lamiaceae.

The best time to visit is late spring for orchids and the rare pyramidal bugle, summer for breeding seabirds and waders and autumn for waxcaps.

Ajuga genevensis is a less common relative of Ajuga reptans, the Common bugle, though it is common for the two plants to interbreed, as well as with Ajuga pyramidalis, the pyramidal bugle, producing hybrid offspring that are very similar.