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Getting here
57.39049, -7.33337
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow 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
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Starling, Dunnock +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Starling, Dunnock +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Wainscot, Small Square-spot, Rosy Rustic +232 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Puccinia pulverulenta, Ascochyta equiseti, Hymenoscyphus repandus · last seen 2025
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hebridean WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
26,403 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,403 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Dunnock · Starling · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Herring Gull +26
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Small Wainscot · Large Wainscot · Square-spot Rustic · Red-Line Quaker · Rosy Rustic +42
- Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina
- Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
- Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
- Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
- Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
- Catops tristisCatops tristis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,403 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Dunnock · Starling · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Herring Gull +26
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Small Wainscot · Large Wainscot · Square-spot Rustic · Red-Line Quaker · Rosy Rustic +42
- Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina
- Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
- Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
- Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
- Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
- Catops tristisCatops tristis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
