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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
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Getting here
57.64779, -7.20473
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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 Mute Swan and Wigeon
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 Mute Swan and Wigeon
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Wigeon, Stonechat +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Wigeon, Stonechat +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Crab's Eye Lichen, Parmelia saxatilis s. lat., Tar Lichen +44 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Four-spotted Chaser +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Baltic Stonewort, Tetmemorus granulatus, Cosmarium margaritiferum +270 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 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
Fairy Knoll WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
1,397 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,397 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Stonechat · Wigeon · Shelduck · Kestrel +37
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- TealAnas crecca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Feral Cat
Carabus glabratus · Garden Tiger · Downlooker Snipefly
- Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus
- Garden TigerArctia caja2023
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2023
Tetmemorus granulatus · Cosmarium margaritiferum · Xanthidium antilopaeum · Cosmocladium saxonicum · Staurastrum tetracerum +55
- Tetmemorus granulatusTetmemorus granulatus2023
- Cosmarium margaritiferumCosmarium margaritiferum2023
- Xanthidium antilopaeumXanthidium antilopaeum2023
- Cosmocladium saxonicumCosmocladium saxonicum2023
- Staurastrum tetracerumStaurastrum tetracerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,397 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Stonechat · Wigeon · Shelduck · Kestrel +37
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- TealAnas crecca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Feral Cat
Carabus glabratus · Garden Tiger · Downlooker Snipefly
- Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus
- Garden TigerArctia caja2023
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2023
Tetmemorus granulatus · Cosmarium margaritiferum · Xanthidium antilopaeum · Cosmocladium saxonicum · Staurastrum tetracerum +55
- Tetmemorus granulatusTetmemorus granulatus2023
- Cosmarium margaritiferumCosmarium margaritiferum2023
- Xanthidium antilopaeumXanthidium antilopaeum2023
- Cosmocladium saxonicumCosmocladium saxonicum2023
- Staurastrum tetracerumStaurastrum tetracerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cosmarium reniforme
Cosmarium reniforme
Cosmarium reniforme2023
Cosmarium reniforme2023
Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemulaHay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemulaClosterium lunulaClosterium lunula2023Closterium lunulaClosterium lunula2023Euastrum dubiumEuastrum dubium2023Euastrum dubiumEuastrum dubium2023Cosmarium subarctoumCosmarium subarctoum2023Cosmarium subarctoumCosmarium subarctoum2023Closterium juncidumClosterium juncidum2023Closterium juncidumClosterium juncidum2023Cosmarium portianumCosmarium portianum2023Cosmarium portianumCosmarium portianum2023Cosmarium formosulumCosmarium formosulum2023Cosmarium formosulumCosmarium formosulum2023Cosmarium humileCosmarium humile2023Cosmarium humileCosmarium humile2023Staurastrum bieneanumStaurastrum bieneanum2023Staurastrum bieneanumStaurastrum bieneanum2023Actinotaenium minutissimumActinotaenium minutissimum2023Actinotaenium minutissimumActinotaenium minutissimum2023Staurastrum borealeStaurastrum boreale2023Staurastrum borealeStaurastrum boreale2023Euastrum verrucosumEuastrum verrucosum2023Euastrum verrucosumEuastrum verrucosum2023Sphaerozosma filiformisSphaerozosma filiformis2023Sphaerozosma filiformisSphaerozosma filiformis2023Micrasterias pinnatifidaMicrasterias pinnatifida2023Micrasterias pinnatifidaMicrasterias pinnatifida2023Euastrum insulareEuastrum insulare2023Euastrum insulareEuastrum insulare2023Staurastrum subcruciatumStaurastrum subcruciatum2023Staurastrum subcruciatumStaurastrum subcruciatum2023Hyalotheca mucosaHyalotheca mucosa2023Hyalotheca mucosaHyalotheca mucosa2023Desmidium grevilleiDesmidium grevillei2023Desmidium grevilleiDesmidium grevillei2023Cosmarium phaseolus var. elevatumCosmarium phaseolus var. elevatum2023Cosmarium phaseolus var. elevatumCosmarium phaseolus var. elevatum2023Closterium naviculaClosterium navicula2023Closterium naviculaClosterium navicula2023Cosmarium ocellatumCosmarium ocellatum2023Cosmarium ocellatumCosmarium ocellatum2023Staurastrum arachneStaurastrum arachne2023Staurastrum arachneStaurastrum arachne2023Cosmarium monomazum var. polymazumCosmarium monomazum var. polymazum2023Cosmarium monomazum var. polymazumCosmarium monomazum var. polymazum2023Euastrum pectinatumEuastrum pectinatum2023Euastrum pectinatumEuastrum pectinatum2023Cosmarium blyttii var. novae-sylvaeCosmarium blyttii var. novae-sylvae2023Cosmarium blyttii var. novae-sylvaeCosmarium blyttii var. novae-sylvae2023Closterium cornuClosterium cornu2023Closterium cornuClosterium cornu2023Netrium interruptumNetrium interruptum2023Netrium interruptumNetrium interruptum2023Cosmarium brebissoniiCosmarium brebissonii2023Cosmarium brebissoniiCosmarium brebissonii2023Staurastrum aviculaStaurastrum avicula2023Staurastrum aviculaStaurastrum avicula2023Staurodesmus incusStaurodesmus incus2023Staurodesmus incusStaurodesmus incus2023Netrium digitusNetrium digitus2023Netrium digitusNetrium digitus2023Micrasterias rotataMicrasterias rotata2023Micrasterias rotataMicrasterias rotata2023Staurastrum uhtuenseStaurastrum uhtuense2023Staurastrum uhtuenseStaurastrum uhtuense2023Staurastrum manfeldtiiStaurastrum manfeldtii2023Staurastrum manfeldtiiStaurastrum manfeldtii2023Xanthidium armatumXanthidium armatum2023Xanthidium armatumXanthidium armatum2023Closterium costatumClosterium costatum2023Closterium costatumClosterium costatum2023Haplotaenium minutumHaplotaenium minutum2023Haplotaenium minutumHaplotaenium minutum2023Staurodesmus tumidusStaurodesmus tumidus2023Staurodesmus tumidusStaurodesmus tumidus2023Cosmarium subtumidumCosmarium subtumidum2023Cosmarium subtumidumCosmarium subtumidum2023Cosmarium amoenumCosmarium amoenum2023Cosmarium amoenumCosmarium amoenum2023Micrasterias truncata var. semiradiataMicrasterias truncata var. semiradiata2023Micrasterias truncata var. semiradiataMicrasterias truncata var. semiradiata2023Netrium naegeliiNetrium naegelii2023Netrium naegeliiNetrium naegelii2023Gonatozygon brebissoniiGonatozygon brebissonii2023Gonatozygon brebissoniiGonatozygon brebissonii2023Cosmarium boeckiiCosmarium boeckii2023Cosmarium boeckiiCosmarium boeckii2023Staurastrum cleveiStaurastrum clevei2023Staurastrum cleveiStaurastrum clevei2023Bambusina borreriBambusina borreri2023Bambusina borreriBambusina borreri2023Staurastrum paradoxumStaurastrum paradoxum2023Staurastrum paradoxumStaurastrum paradoxum2023Staurodesmus dejectusStaurodesmus dejectus2023Staurodesmus dejectusStaurodesmus dejectus2023Cosmarium depressumCosmarium depressum2023Cosmarium depressumCosmarium depressum2023Cosmarium furcatospermumCosmarium furcatospermum2023Cosmarium furcatospermumCosmarium furcatospermum2023Euastrum ansatumEuastrum ansatum2023Euastrum ansatumEuastrum ansatum2023Staurastrum teliferumStaurastrum teliferum2023Staurastrum teliferumStaurastrum teliferum2023Cosmarium ornatumCosmarium ornatum2023Cosmarium ornatumCosmarium ornatum2023Euastrum denticulatumEuastrum denticulatum2023Euastrum denticulatumEuastrum denticulatum2023