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📷 David Purchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
✦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

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Oystercatcher +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Oystercatcher +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Staurastrum teliferum, Netrium digitus, Euastrum pectinatum +101 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Staurastrum teliferum, Netrium digitus, Euastrum pectinatum +101 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Puccinia festucae, crotail rèin-fhèidh, Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis · last seen 2021; Fungi — Puccinia festucae, crotail rèin-fhèidh, Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis · last seen 2021

Varies

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

1,950 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,950 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summer

2025

Oystercatcher · Lapwing · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove · Skylark +55

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common TernSterna hirundo
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
EiderSomateria mollissima
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CurlewNumenius arquata
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
CuckooCuculus canorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TealAnas crecca
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwiftApus apus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GadwallMareca strepera
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SanderlingCalidris alba
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
WigeonMareca penelope2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +7

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
SyrphusSyrphus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
Scaeva pyrastri

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,950 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summer

2025

Oystercatcher · Lapwing · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove · Skylark +55

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common TernSterna hirundo
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
EiderSomateria mollissima
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CurlewNumenius arquata
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
CuckooCuculus canorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TealAnas crecca
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwiftApus apus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GadwallMareca strepera
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SanderlingCalidris alba
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
WigeonMareca penelope2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +7

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
SyrphusSyrphus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
Scaeva pyrastri

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Purchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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