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Dun Grogarry

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📷 Richard Law · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.61246, -7.50748

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Starling
✦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

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Starling
✦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

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Starling, Common Gull +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Starling, Common Gull +90 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 — Cheilosia illustrata, Rhingia campestris, Limnephilus lunatus +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cheilosia illustrata, Rhingia campestris, Limnephilus lunatus +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Lamium, Various-leaved Pondweed, Frog Orchid +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lamium, Various-leaved Pondweed, Frog Orchid +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

RSPB Balranald Nature TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

23,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

summerautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Starling · Lapwing · Greylag Goose · Ringed Plover +61

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common GullLarus canus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SnipeGallinago gallinago
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SanderlingCalidris alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwallowHirundo rustica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GannetMorus bassanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Little StintCalidris minuta
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RuffCalidris pugnax
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedshankTringa totanus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
GadwallMareca strepera
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
KnotCalidris canutus
WigeonMareca penelope
CootFulica atra
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Sabine's GullXema sabini
TealAnas crecca
Black TernChlidonias niger
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
DunlinCalidris alpina
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
CorncrakeCrex crex

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Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Limnephilus lunatus · Sylvicola punctatus · Black Sexton Beetle · Cheilosia illustrata

Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

summerautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Starling · Lapwing · Greylag Goose · Ringed Plover +61

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common GullLarus canus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SnipeGallinago gallinago
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SanderlingCalidris alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwallowHirundo rustica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GannetMorus bassanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Little StintCalidris minuta
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RuffCalidris pugnax
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedshankTringa totanus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
GadwallMareca strepera
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
KnotCalidris canutus
WigeonMareca penelope
CootFulica atra
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Sabine's GullXema sabini
TealAnas crecca
Black TernChlidonias niger
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
DunlinCalidris alpina
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
CorncrakeCrex crex

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Limnephilus lunatus · Sylvicola punctatus · Black Sexton Beetle · Cheilosia illustrata

Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Law · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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