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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.88708, -7.00332

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Surf Scoter and Eider
✦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

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Surf Scoter and Eider
✦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 — Surf Scoter, Eider, Great Northern Diver +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Surf Scoter, Eider, Great Northern Diver +60 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

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Meadowsweet Rust, Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2014; Fungi — Meadowsweet Rust, Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2014

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue · last seen 2013; Insects — Common Blue · last seen 2013

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

Frith-Rathad na HearadhWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

280 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

280 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

springautumn

2025

Surf Scoter · Eider · Long-tailed Duck · Great Northern Diver · Oystercatcher +43

Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
GannetMorus bassanus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2023
RavenCorvus corax2022
RazorbillAlca torda2022
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2018
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
ScaupAythya marila2021
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2021
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2019
White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterus2017
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2016
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2015
Common GuillemotUria aalge2014
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2014
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2014
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2014
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2014
Greylag GooseAnser anser2014
Rock DoveColumba livia2014
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2014
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2014

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2021

Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal · Red Deer · Grey Seal

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2015
Red DeerCervus elaphus2015
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

280 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

springautumn

2025

Surf Scoter · Eider · Long-tailed Duck · Great Northern Diver · Oystercatcher +43

Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
GannetMorus bassanus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2023
RavenCorvus corax2022
RazorbillAlca torda2022
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2018
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
ScaupAythya marila2021
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2021
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2019
White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterus2017
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2016
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2015
Common GuillemotUria aalge2014
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2014
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2014
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2014
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2014
Greylag GooseAnser anser2014
Rock DoveColumba livia2014
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2014
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2014

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2021

Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal · Red Deer · Grey Seal

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2015
Red DeerCervus elaphus2015
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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