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Clach Steineagaidh

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.83512, -7.02197

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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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spot

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Common Gull, Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipit +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Common Gull, Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipit +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — White Spindles, Candelariella aurella f. aurella, Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris +73 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — White Spindles, Candelariella aurella f. aurella, Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris +73 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Olive Beard-moss, Variable Forklet-moss, Coral Weed +31 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Olive Beard-moss, Variable Forklet-moss, Coral Weed +31 more · last seen 2020

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +11 more · last seen 2025

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

756 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

756 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Gannet · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch · Great Black-backed Gull +53

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
GannetMorus bassanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Common GullLarus canus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
RavenCorvus corax2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2021
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Rock DoveColumba livia
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
CorncrakeCrex crex2020
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
WigeonMareca penelope2021
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2021
TealAnas crecca2021
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2021
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis2019
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2019
SanderlingCalidris alba2019
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2019
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2019
Common TernSterna hirundo2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2021

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Moss Carder Bee · White-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Staphylinus erythropterus · Great Yellow Bumblebee +8

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2021
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2021
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Staphylinus erythropterusStaphylinus erythropterus
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2023

White Spindles

White SpindlesClavaria fragilis

🌿

Plants17 species

springsummer

2022

Curved Sedge · Sand Sedge · Ribwort Plantain · Fairy Flax · Festuca rubra +12

Curved SedgeCarex maritima
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Daisy

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

756 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Gannet · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch · Great Black-backed Gull +53

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
GannetMorus bassanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Common GullLarus canus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
RavenCorvus corax2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2021
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Rock DoveColumba livia
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
CorncrakeCrex crex2020
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
WigeonMareca penelope2021
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2021
TealAnas crecca2021
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2021
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis2019
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2019
SanderlingCalidris alba2019
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2019
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2019
Common TernSterna hirundo2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2021

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Moss Carder Bee · White-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Staphylinus erythropterus · Great Yellow Bumblebee +8

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2021
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2021
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Staphylinus erythropterusStaphylinus erythropterus
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2023

White Spindles

White SpindlesClavaria fragilis

🌿

Plants17 species

springsummer

2022

Curved Sedge · Sand Sedge · Ribwort Plantain · Fairy Flax · Festuca rubra +12

Curved SedgeCarex maritima
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Daisy

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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