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57.25755, -7.35487

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackbird
🍄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

🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackbird
🍄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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Mallard +104 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Mallard +104 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Netrium digitus, Tetmemorus granulatus, Cosmarium subtumidum +78 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Netrium digitus, Tetmemorus granulatus, Cosmarium subtumidum +78 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Crimson Waxcap, Dung Roundhead, Parmotrema perlatum +3 more · last seen 2018; Fungi — Crimson Waxcap, Dung Roundhead, Parmotrema perlatum +3 more · last seen 2018

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 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

Machair WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,853 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,853 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springsummer

2025

Red-breasted Merganser · Meadow Pipit · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Wren +66

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CuckooCuculus canorus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2023
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SanderlingCalidris alba
WigeonMareca penelope
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023

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Insects8 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Drinker · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Emerald Damselfly

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,853 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springsummer

2025

Red-breasted Merganser · Meadow Pipit · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Wren +66

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CuckooCuculus canorus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2023
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SanderlingCalidris alba
WigeonMareca penelope
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Drinker · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Emerald Damselfly

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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