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Balegreggen Hill, dun site

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📷 Alec MacKinnon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

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55.43711, -5.60537

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Herring Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Herring Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black Guillemot, Herring Gull, Eider +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black Guillemot, Herring Gull, Eider +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sneezewort, Gorse, Creeping Thistle +220 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Sneezewort, Gorse, Creeping Thistle +220 more · last seen 2018

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Meadowsweet, Hawthorn +19 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Painted Lady +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Painted Lady +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Caledonia WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Black Guillemot · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Grey Heron · Rock Dove +53

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
Common GullLarus canus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RookCorvus frugilegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
RavenCorvus corax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SwallowHirundo rustica
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RazorbillAlca torda
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Northern EiderSomateria mollissima borealis2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Roe Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red-tailed Bumblebee · Syrphus · Vine Weevil · Large White

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Black Guillemot · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Grey Heron · Rock Dove +53

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
Common GullLarus canus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RookCorvus frugilegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
RavenCorvus corax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SwallowHirundo rustica
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RazorbillAlca torda
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Northern EiderSomateria mollissima borealis2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Roe Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red-tailed Bumblebee · Syrphus · Vine Weevil · Large White

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alec MacKinnon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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