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Caisteal Chiosmuil

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📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.95216, -7.48746

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦141+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackcap
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Macroon's Tea Room — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦141+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackcap
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Macroon's Tea Room — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingToilets

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Corncrake +138 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Corncrake +138 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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Small Garden Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Small Garden Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2024; Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2024

Varies

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

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

4,048 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,048 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

spring

2025

Starling · Hooded Crow · Greylag Goose · House Sparrow · Lapwing +60

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Greylag GooseAnser anser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CuckooCuculus canorus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RazorbillAlca torda
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwallowHirundo rustica
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
PuffinFratercula arctica
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common TernSterna hirundo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Peacock

PeacockAglais io

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,048 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

spring

2025

Starling · Hooded Crow · Greylag Goose · House Sparrow · Lapwing +60

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Greylag GooseAnser anser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CuckooCuculus canorus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RazorbillAlca torda
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwallowHirundo rustica
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
PuffinFratercula arctica
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common TernSterna hirundo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Peacock

PeacockAglais io

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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⛪Star of the SeaReligious grounds400 m→⛪Our Lady of the Waves and St John Roman Catholic ChurchReligious grounds2.6 km→⛪St Brendan Roman Catholic ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→✦Dun Borve, site ofHistoric site3.6 km→✦Dun an t-Sleibh, broch siteHistoric site3.3 km→✦Dun Ban, broch siteHistoric site4.2 km→

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