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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.52209, -7.28626
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Oystercatcher
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Oystercatcher
- 🍄Mushroom 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Oystercatcher, Skylark +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Oystercatcher, Skylark +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Mallrug, Mallryg, Common Orange Lichen, Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. +50 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Green Fritillary, Large Heath, Common Darter +45 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sea Plantain, Thrift, Sea-Milkwort +182 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes 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
Carinish Crofting Woodland PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beinn LangaisWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hebridean WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
1,217 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,217 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Herring Gull · Curlew +47
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- Common GullLarus canus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2021
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2020
- Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2020
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2019
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2019
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2018
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2018
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red Deer · Otter · Rabbit
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- OtterLutra lutra2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Dark Green Fritillary · Flat Alder-cutter · Heath Bumblebee
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja
- Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2021
- Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2020
Common Orange Lichen · Oak Moss · Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma · Ramalina farinacea · Peltigera membranacea +13
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma
- Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
- Peltigera membranaceaPeltigera membranacea
- Porina multipunctaPorina multipuncta
Trentepohlia abietina
- Trentepohlia abietinaTrentepohlia abietina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,217 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Herring Gull · Curlew +47
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- Common GullLarus canus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2021
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2020
- Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2020
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2019
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2019
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2018
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2018
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red Deer · Otter · Rabbit
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- OtterLutra lutra2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Dark Green Fritillary · Flat Alder-cutter · Heath Bumblebee
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja
- Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2021
- Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2020
Common Orange Lichen · Oak Moss · Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma · Ramalina farinacea · Peltigera membranacea +13
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma
- Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
- Peltigera membranaceaPeltigera membranacea
- Porina multipunctaPorina multipuncta
Trentepohlia abietina
- Trentepohlia abietinaTrentepohlia abietina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Parmotrema perlatum
Parmotrema perlatum
Parmotrema perlatum
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