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Claigan Souterrain

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57.49090, -6.61118

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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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Whooper Swan, Hooded Crow, Wheatear +87 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Whooper Swan, Hooded Crow, Wheatear +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Thrift, Bell Heather, Heath Spotted-orchid +90 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Thrift, Bell Heather, Heath Spotted-orchid +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Hazel Woodwart, Choke · last seen 2024; Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Hazel Woodwart, Choke · last seen 2024

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Grey, Eupeodes latifasciatus, Common Carder Bee +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Grey, Eupeodes latifasciatus, Common Carder Bee +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife to spot

4,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Golden Plover · Starling · Hooded Crow · Shag · Chaffinch +58

Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ShagGulosus aristotelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GannetMorus bassanus
RavenCorvus corax
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GreenshankTringa nebularia
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunlinCalidris alpina
MerlinFalco columbarius
Long-eared OwlAsio otus

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumn

2025

Red Deer · Rabbit · Pine Marten · Common Porpoise · Feral Cat +1

Red DeerCervus elaphus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Pine MartenMartes martes
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Feral CatFelis catus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Eupeodes latifasciatus

Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Selfheal · Devil's-bit Scabious · Spear Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Foxglove +3

SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
ThriftArmeria maritima
GorseUlex europaeus
Bell HeatherErica cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Golden Plover · Starling · Hooded Crow · Shag · Chaffinch +58

Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ShagGulosus aristotelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GannetMorus bassanus
RavenCorvus corax
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GreenshankTringa nebularia
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunlinCalidris alpina
MerlinFalco columbarius
Long-eared OwlAsio otus

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumn

2025

Red Deer · Rabbit · Pine Marten · Common Porpoise · Feral Cat +1

Red DeerCervus elaphus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Pine MartenMartes martes
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Feral CatFelis catus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Eupeodes latifasciatus

Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Selfheal · Devil's-bit Scabious · Spear Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Foxglove +3

SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
ThriftArmeria maritima
GorseUlex europaeus
Bell HeatherErica cinerea

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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