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Dun Borve

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📷 Richard Barrett · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

57.83685, -7.00051

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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

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 Scoter, Red-throated Diver, Greenshank +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Common Scoter, Red-throated Diver, Greenshank +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

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

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Thistle Rust, White Spindles, Mint Rust +1 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Thistle Rust, White Spindles, Mint Rust +1 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Common Carder Bee, Staphylinus erythropterus +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Common Carder Bee, Staphylinus erythropterus +7 more · last seen 2025

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

Frith-Rathad na HearadhWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red-throated Diver · Common Scoter · Greenshank · Little Tern · Common Gull +62

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Little TernSternula albifrons
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax
CorncrakeCrex crex
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2022
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SiskinSpinus spinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CuckooCuculus canorus
MerlinFalco columbarius
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2022
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
PuffinFratercula arctica2021
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2021
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2021
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2021
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
TealAnas crecca2021

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummer

2025

Moss Carder Bee · Common Carder Bee · Staphylinus erythropterus · Brown Chafer · Scaeva pyrastri +1

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Staphylinus erythropterusStaphylinus erythropterus
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2022
Scathophaga stercoraria

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2023

White Spindles

White SpindlesClavaria fragilis

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2022

Curved Sedge · Sand Sedge · Ribwort Plantain · Festuca rubra · Wild Carrot +10

Curved SedgeCarex maritima
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
DaisyBellis perennis
Eyebright

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red-throated Diver · Common Scoter · Greenshank · Little Tern · Common Gull +62

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Little TernSternula albifrons
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax
CorncrakeCrex crex
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2022
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SiskinSpinus spinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CuckooCuculus canorus
MerlinFalco columbarius
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2022
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
PuffinFratercula arctica2021
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2021
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2021
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2021
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
TealAnas crecca2021

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummer

2025

Moss Carder Bee · Common Carder Bee · Staphylinus erythropterus · Brown Chafer · Scaeva pyrastri +1

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Staphylinus erythropterusStaphylinus erythropterus
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2022
Scathophaga stercoraria

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2023

White Spindles

White SpindlesClavaria fragilis

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2022

Curved Sedge · Sand Sedge · Ribwort Plantain · Festuca rubra · Wild Carrot +10

Curved SedgeCarex maritima
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
DaisyBellis perennis
Eyebright

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Barrett · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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