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Getting here
57.39216, -7.37267
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Bar-tailed Godwit
- ✦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
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Bar-tailed Godwit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Wainscot, Small Square-spot, Dark Arches +236 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Puccinia pulverulenta, Ascochyta equiseti, Hymenoscyphus repandus · last seen 2025
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hebridean WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,826 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,826 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBar-tailed Godwit · Herring Gull · Curlew · House Sparrow · Meadow Pipit +40
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Arenaria interpres interpresArenaria interpres interpres
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- KnotCalidris canutus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Wainscot · Large Wainscot · Square-spot Rustic · Red-Line Quaker · Rosy Rustic +52
- Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina
- Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
- Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
- Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
- Silver YAutographa gamma
- Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,826 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBar-tailed Godwit · Herring Gull · Curlew · House Sparrow · Meadow Pipit +40
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Arenaria interpres interpresArenaria interpres interpres
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- KnotCalidris canutus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Wainscot · Large Wainscot · Square-spot Rustic · Red-Line Quaker · Rosy Rustic +52
- Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina
- Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
- Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
- Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
- Silver YAutographa gamma
- Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
