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Getting here
57.55749, -7.34011
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦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 — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Netrium digitus, Euastrum pectinatum, Staurastrum alternans +35 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Eristalis arbustorum, Eristalis pertinax, Meloe brevicollis +2 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Smoky Spindles · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
Beinn LangaisWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hebridean WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route
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Hebridean Smokehouse, Clachan
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Wildlife to spot
3,644 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,644 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Gadwall · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Oystercatcher +27
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Eristalis arbustorum · Eristalis pertinax · Meloe brevicollis
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meloe brevicollisMeloe brevicollis
Smoky Spindles
- Smoky SpindlesClavaria fumosa
Micrasterias denticulata · Oocystis elliptica · Staurodesmus dejectus · Staurastrum inflexum · Cosmarium margaritiferum +33
- Micrasterias denticulataMicrasterias denticulata
- Oocystis ellipticaOocystis elliptica
- Staurodesmus dejectusStaurodesmus dejectus
- Staurastrum inflexumStaurastrum inflexum
- Cosmarium margaritiferumCosmarium margaritiferum
- Desmidium grevilleiDesmidium grevillei
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,644 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Gadwall · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Oystercatcher +27
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Eristalis arbustorum · Eristalis pertinax · Meloe brevicollis
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meloe brevicollisMeloe brevicollis
Smoky Spindles
- Smoky SpindlesClavaria fumosa
Micrasterias denticulata · Oocystis elliptica · Staurodesmus dejectus · Staurastrum inflexum · Cosmarium margaritiferum +33
- Micrasterias denticulataMicrasterias denticulata
- Oocystis ellipticaOocystis elliptica
- Staurodesmus dejectusStaurodesmus dejectus
- Staurastrum inflexumStaurastrum inflexum
- Cosmarium margaritiferumCosmarium margaritiferum
- Desmidium grevilleiDesmidium grevillei
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Docidium baculum
Docidium baculum
Docidium baculum
Docidium baculum
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