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Dun Boraigeo

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

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57.74445, -6.99215

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Greylag Goose
✦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

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Greylag Goose
✦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

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Hooded Crow, Greylag Goose, Raven +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Hooded Crow, Greylag Goose, Raven +59 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 — Moss Carder Bee, Poplar Hawk-moth, Common Orange Legionnaire +3 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Poplar Hawk-moth, Common Orange Legionnaire +3 more · last seen 2024

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

4,463 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,463 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2025

Raven · Hooded Crow · Meadow Pipit · Wheatear · Greylag Goose +43

RavenCorvus corax
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GannetMorus bassanus
Common GullLarus canus
Common TernSterna hirundo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Rock DoveColumba livia
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CurlewNumenius arquata
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
TwiteLinaria flavirostris

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,463 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2025

Raven · Hooded Crow · Meadow Pipit · Wheatear · Greylag Goose +43

RavenCorvus corax
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GannetMorus bassanus
Common GullLarus canus
Common TernSterna hirundo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Rock DoveColumba livia
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CurlewNumenius arquata
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
TwiteLinaria flavirostris

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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