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📷 Rob Burke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.48187, -7.21834

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Herring Gull
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Herring Gull
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Campsite

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Sphaerellopsis filum, Crown Rust, Puccinia poae-nemoralis +67 more · last seen 2021

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Green-veined White +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluish-bracted Dandelion, Wide-stalked Dandelion, Trentepohlia abietina +22 more · last seen 2018

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes 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

Carinish Crofting Woodland PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,493 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,493 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

spring

2025

Grey Heron · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Cormorant +52

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GullLarus canus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common TernSterna hirundo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
GannetMorus bassanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
EiderSomateria mollissima
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
RazorbillAlca torda
Common GuillemotUria aalge
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwallowHirundo rustica
CurlewNumenius arquata
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
TealAnas crecca
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

spring

2025

Red Deer · Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Otter

Red DeerCervus elaphus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Six-spot Burnet · Empis livida · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +1

Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,493 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

spring

2025

Grey Heron · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Cormorant +52

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GullLarus canus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common TernSterna hirundo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
GannetMorus bassanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
EiderSomateria mollissima
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
RazorbillAlca torda
Common GuillemotUria aalge
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwallowHirundo rustica
CurlewNumenius arquata
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
TealAnas crecca
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

spring

2025

Red Deer · Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Otter

Red DeerCervus elaphus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Six-spot Burnet · Empis livida · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +1

Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Burke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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