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Dun an Ruigh Ruadh, Broch

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📷 Claire Pegrum · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.86180, -5.12108

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Coal Tit
✦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

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Coal Tit
✦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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Coal Tit, Chaffinch +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Coal Tit, Chaffinch +57 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 — Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle, Poecilus versicolor, Common Red Soldier Beetle +9 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle, Poecilus versicolor, Common Red Soldier Beetle +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Hoof Fungus · last seen 2021; Fungi — Hoof Fungus · last seen 2021

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Coralline crusts, encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts +1 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Coralline crusts, encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts +1 more · last seen 2018

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Meall Mor TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cape Wrath Trail (Kinlochewe → Inchnadamph)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Cape Wrath Trail (Ullapool → Loch an Daimh)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Beinn Dearg TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RW 42Local walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

2,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Wren · Coal Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch +42

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
RazorbillAlca torda
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RavenCorvus corax
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022

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Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Red Deer · Common Dolphin

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle · Poecilus versicolor · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Carabus clatratus

Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2022
Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Carabus clatratusCarabus clatratus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Wren · Coal Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch +42

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
RazorbillAlca torda
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RavenCorvus corax
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Red Deer · Common Dolphin

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle · Poecilus versicolor · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Carabus clatratus

Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2022
Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Carabus clatratusCarabus clatratus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Claire Pegrum · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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