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Dun Nighean Righ Lochlainn

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📷 John Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Stonechat, Cuckoo, Hooded Crow +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Stonechat, Cuckoo, Hooded Crow +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Crown Rust, Violet Bramble Rust, Naohidemyces vacciniorum +7 more · last seen 2010; Fungi — Crown Rust, Violet Bramble Rust, Naohidemyces vacciniorum +7 more · last seen 2010

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Round-leaved Sundew, New Zealand Willowherb, Common Butterwort +190 more · last seen 2015; Plants — Round-leaved Sundew, New Zealand Willowherb, Common Butterwort +190 more · last seen 2015

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bilberry, Crowberry, Meadowsweet +15 more foraging species

Varies

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

North Lee WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Cuckoo · Black Guillemot · Starling · Raven +53

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CuckooCuculus canorus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2022
Common TernSterna hirundo
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
SwallowHirundo rustica
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2024
SwiftApus apus2022
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
MerlinFalco columbarius2020
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2019
House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus2019
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2024

Red Deer · Otter

Red DeerCervus elaphus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2023

Magpie Moth · Common Hawker

Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Cuckoo · Black Guillemot · Starling · Raven +53

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CuckooCuculus canorus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2022
Common TernSterna hirundo
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
SwallowHirundo rustica
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2024
SwiftApus apus2022
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
MerlinFalco columbarius2020
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2019
House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus2019
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2024

Red Deer · Otter

Red DeerCervus elaphus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2023

Magpie Moth · Common Hawker

Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 John Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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