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Caisteal a' Bhreabadair

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57.04320, -7.30150

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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
✦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

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

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Lesser Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches, Scotch Annulet +125 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Lesser Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches, Scotch Annulet +125 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Common Guillemot, Gannet, Great Black-backed Gull +14 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Common Guillemot, Gannet, Great Black-backed Gull +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Dark red crusts, Common Maërl, Coralline crusts +4 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Dark red crusts, Common Maërl, Coralline crusts +4 more · last seen 2018

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

2,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

summer

2025

Common Guillemot · Gannet · Great Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Black Guillemot +12

Common GuillemotUria aalge
GannetMorus bassanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2022
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
RazorbillAlca torda2020
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2020
EiderSomateria mollissima
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2020
RedshankTringa totanus2020
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2020
Common GullLarus canus2019
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2022

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects76 species

summer

2023

Small Square-spot · Flame Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Dark Arches · Lesser Yellow Underwing +71

Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
ChevronEulithis testata2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Pretty PinionPerizoma blandiata2019
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2021
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2019
Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2019
Scotch AnnuletGnophos obfuscata2019
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Grass RivuletPerizoma albulata2019
Garden TigerArctia caja2019
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2019
Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2020
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea2019
Dotted ClayXestia baja2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2019
CampionSideridis rivularis2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
Crinan EarAmphipoea crinanensis2018
Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2021
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2021
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2021
Ruby-tailed WaspChrysis2021
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2021
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019
Chestnut-coloured CarpetThera cognata2019
Striped Twin-spot CarpetCoenotephria salicata2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2019
Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2018
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2018
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2018
Lesser Common RusticMesapamea didyma2018
Neglected RusticXestia castanea2018
Large EarAmphipoea lucens2018
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2018
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2018
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea2018
Treble-barAplocera plagiata2018
Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2018
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2018
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

summer

2025

Common Guillemot · Gannet · Great Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Black Guillemot +12

Common GuillemotUria aalge
GannetMorus bassanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2022
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
RazorbillAlca torda2020
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2020
EiderSomateria mollissima
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2020
RedshankTringa totanus2020
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2020
Common GullLarus canus2019
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2022

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects76 species

summer

2023

Small Square-spot · Flame Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Dark Arches · Lesser Yellow Underwing +71

Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
ChevronEulithis testata2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Pretty PinionPerizoma blandiata2019
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2021
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2019
Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2019
Scotch AnnuletGnophos obfuscata2019
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Grass RivuletPerizoma albulata2019
Garden TigerArctia caja2019
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2019
Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2020
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea2019
Dotted ClayXestia baja2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2019
CampionSideridis rivularis2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
Crinan EarAmphipoea crinanensis2018
Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2021
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2021
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2021
Ruby-tailed WaspChrysis2021
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2021
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019
Chestnut-coloured CarpetThera cognata2019
Striped Twin-spot CarpetCoenotephria salicata2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2019
Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2018
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2018
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2018
Lesser Common RusticMesapamea didyma2018
Neglected RusticXestia castanea2018
Large EarAmphipoea lucens2018
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2018
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2018
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea2018
Treble-barAplocera plagiata2018
Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2018
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2018
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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