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Dun

📷 Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

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57.64277, -7.42215

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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

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Corncrake, Short-eared Owl, Whooper Swan +92 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corncrake, Short-eared Owl, Whooper Swan +92 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Euastrum ansatum, Cosmarium portianum, Tetmemorus granulatus +74 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Euastrum ansatum, Cosmarium portianum, Tetmemorus granulatus +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Bibio pomonae, Oak Eggar +4 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Bibio pomonae, Oak Eggar +4 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,445 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,445 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2025

Corncrake · Short-eared Owl · Whimbrel · Little Tern · Arctic Skua +62

CorncrakeCrex crex
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Common GullLarus canus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
CuckooCuculus canorus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WigeonMareca penelope
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RavenCorvus corax
DunnockPrunella modularis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Hebridean WrenTroglodytes troglodytes hebridensis
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
MerlinFalco columbarius
PintailAnas acuta
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GannetMorus bassanus
SanderlingCalidris alba
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Otter · Harbour Seal

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
OtterLutra lutra
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Seaside Pansy

Seaside PansyViola tricolor subsp. curtisii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,445 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2025

Corncrake · Short-eared Owl · Whimbrel · Little Tern · Arctic Skua +62

CorncrakeCrex crex
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Common GullLarus canus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
CuckooCuculus canorus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WigeonMareca penelope
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RavenCorvus corax
DunnockPrunella modularis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Hebridean WrenTroglodytes troglodytes hebridensis
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
MerlinFalco columbarius
PintailAnas acuta
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GannetMorus bassanus
SanderlingCalidris alba
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Otter · Harbour Seal

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
OtterLutra lutra
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Seaside Pansy

Seaside PansyViola tricolor subsp. curtisii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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