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Dun Dearg, dun site

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📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

55.64416, -6.11760

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Red-breasted Merganser, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull +94 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Red-breasted Merganser, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull +94 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Painted Lady, Lepidostoma hirtum, Oecetis ochracea +16 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Painted Lady, Lepidostoma hirtum, Oecetis ochracea +16 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Orange Peel Fungus · last seen 2018; Fungi — Orange Peel Fungus · last seen 2018

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — encrusting algae indet., Sea Lettuce, Dark red crusts +1 more · last seen 2016; Plants — encrusting algae indet., Sea Lettuce, Dark red crusts +1 more · last seen 2016

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,780 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,780 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

summer

2026

Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Red-breasted Merganser · Curlew · Herring Gull +70

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
RazorbillAlca torda2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Fallow Deer · Red Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
Red DeerCervus elaphus2023

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2024

Hydropsyche siltalai · Limnephilus sparsus · Potamophylax cingulatus · Lepidostoma hirtum · Oecetis ochracea +2

Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai
Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus
Potamophylax cingulatusPotamophylax cingulatus
Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum
Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea
Hydropsyche instabilisHydropsyche instabilis
Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Northern Marsh-orchid

Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,780 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

summer

2026

Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Red-breasted Merganser · Curlew · Herring Gull +70

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
RazorbillAlca torda2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Fallow Deer · Red Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
Red DeerCervus elaphus2023

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2024

Hydropsyche siltalai · Limnephilus sparsus · Potamophylax cingulatus · Lepidostoma hirtum · Oecetis ochracea +2

Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai
Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus
Potamophylax cingulatusPotamophylax cingulatus
Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum
Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea
Hydropsyche instabilisHydropsyche instabilis
Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Northern Marsh-orchid

Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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