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Barvas Church

📷 Peter Moore · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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58.35359, -6.51560

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

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9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Corncrake, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corncrake, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Giant-rhubarb, Annual Meadow-grass, Hogweed +103 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Giant-rhubarb, Annual Meadow-grass, Hogweed +103 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Common Chickweed, Thyme-leaved Sandwort +8 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red Admiral, Myrmica ruginodis +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red Admiral, Myrmica ruginodis +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Agrostis Smut, Anthracoidea pratensis, Garlic Waxcap +3 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Agrostis Smut, Anthracoidea pratensis, Garlic Waxcap +3 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,912 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,912 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Corncrake · Herring Gull · Redshank · Oystercatcher · Grey Heron +44

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedshankTringa totanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RavenCorvus corax
WigeonMareca penelope
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GannetMorus bassanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock DoveColumba livia
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
EiderSomateria mollissima
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Myrmica ruginodis · Red Admiral · Black Darter · Ear Moth agg. · Dasineura affinis +10

Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.
Dasineura affinisDasineura affinis
Brachycolus cerastiiBrachycolus cerastii
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis

🍄

Fungi6 species

summer

2025

Agrostis Smut · Anthracoidea pratensis · Garlic Waxcap · Mallrug, Mallryg · Podosphaera epilobii +1

Agrostis SmutTilletia sphaerococca
Anthracoidea pratensisAnthracoidea pratensis
Garlic WaxcapHygrocybe helobia
Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
Podosphaera epilobiiPodosphaera epilobii
Alder TongueTaphrina alni

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Giant-rhubarb

Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,912 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Corncrake · Herring Gull · Redshank · Oystercatcher · Grey Heron +44

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedshankTringa totanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RavenCorvus corax
WigeonMareca penelope
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GannetMorus bassanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock DoveColumba livia
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
EiderSomateria mollissima
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Myrmica ruginodis · Red Admiral · Black Darter · Ear Moth agg. · Dasineura affinis +10

Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.
Dasineura affinisDasineura affinis
Brachycolus cerastiiBrachycolus cerastii
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis

🍄

Fungi6 species

summer

2025

Agrostis Smut · Anthracoidea pratensis · Garlic Waxcap · Mallrug, Mallryg · Podosphaera epilobii +1

Agrostis SmutTilletia sphaerococca
Anthracoidea pratensisAnthracoidea pratensis
Garlic WaxcapHygrocybe helobia
Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
Podosphaera epilobiiPodosphaera epilobii
Alder TongueTaphrina alni

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Giant-rhubarb

Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Moore · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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