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Bay Hirivagh, Dun

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📷 Jonathan Wilkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦125+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redwing and Green-winged Teal
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦125+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redwing and Green-winged Teal
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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 — Redwing, Green-winged Teal, Brambling +122 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Redwing, Green-winged Teal, Brambling +122 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Plums And Custard, Scarlet Waxcap, Coesyn Melfed · last seen 2025; Fungi — Plums And Custard, Scarlet Waxcap, Coesyn Melfed · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Common Carder Bee, Small Garden Bumblebee +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Common Carder Bee, Small Garden Bumblebee +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Netrium oblongum, Teilingia granulata, Cosmarium quadratum +2 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Netrium oblongum, Teilingia granulata, Cosmarium quadratum +2 more · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean Way (Hiking)Walking route252 km

Hiking route along the length of the Outer Hebrides

Named routeLength 252 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2025

Green-winged Teal · Whooper Swan · Robin · Wren · Goldfinch +62

Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GannetMorus bassanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
RavenCorvus corax
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SwallowHirundo rustica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Otter · Red Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Six-spot Burnet · Red Admiral · Cinnabar · Garden Stilt +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
Garden StiltGracillaria syringella
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2024

🍄

Fungi2 species

autumn

2025

Plums And Custard · Scarlet Waxcap

Plums And CustardTricholomopsis rutilans
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Bog-myrtle

Bog-myrtleMyrica gale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2025

Green-winged Teal · Whooper Swan · Robin · Wren · Goldfinch +62

Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GannetMorus bassanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
RavenCorvus corax
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SwallowHirundo rustica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Otter · Red Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Six-spot Burnet · Red Admiral · Cinnabar · Garden Stilt +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
Garden StiltGracillaria syringella
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2024

🍄

Fungi2 species

autumn

2025

Plums And Custard · Scarlet Waxcap

Plums And CustardTricholomopsis rutilans
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Bog-myrtle

Bog-myrtleMyrica gale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Wilkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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