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Dun Skeig, dun

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55.75644, -5.57458

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, Eider +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, Eider +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Lungwort Lichen, Parmelia saxatilis s. lat., Ricasolia virens +46 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Lungwort Lichen, Parmelia saxatilis s. lat., Ricasolia virens +46 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Broad Buckler-fern, Bramble, Honeysuckle +137 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Broad Buckler-fern, Bramble, Honeysuckle +137 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Wood-sorrel, Hybrid Oak +17 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Caledonia WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,238 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,238 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Red-breasted Merganser · Red-throated Diver · Hooded Crow · Great Northern Diver · Eider +55

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Great TitParus major2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Otter · Roe Deer · American Mink

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
OtterLutra lutra2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
American MinkNeovison vison2024

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Birch Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Green Grasshopper · Meliscaeva cinctella · Scaeva selenitica +8

Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
PeacockAglais io
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Thanatophilus rugosusThanatophilus rugosus2024

🍄

Fungi21 species

winter

2025

Lungwort Lichen · Ricasolia virens · Usnea cornuta s. lat. · Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. · Sticta sylvatica +16

Lungwort LichenLobaria pulmonaria
Ricasolia virensRicasolia virens
Usnea cornuta s. lat.Usnea cornuta s. lat.
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.
Sticta sylvaticaSticta sylvatica
Sphaerophorus globosusSphaerophorus globosus
Sticta canariensisSticta canariensis
Beardlichen GallerBiatoropsis hafellneri
Usnea subfloridanaUsnea subfloridana
Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
Pyrenula macrosporaPyrenula macrospora
Parmotrema crinitumParmotrema crinitum
Flavoparmelia caperataFlavoparmelia caperata
Enterographa crassaEnterographa crassa
Oak MossEvernia prunastri
Homostegia piggotiiHomostegia piggotii
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans
Pertusaria pertusaPertusaria pertusa
Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
Collema flaccidumCollema flaccidum
Cetrelia cetrarioidesCetrelia cetrarioides

🌿

Plants25 species

winter

2025

English Stonecrop · Marsh Cinquefoil · Bramble · Honeysuckle · Broad Buckler-fern +20

English StonecropSedum anglicum
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
AshFraxinus excelsior
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemula
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2024
Crown DaisyGlebionis coronaria2024
Annual ToadflaxLinaria maroccana2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,238 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Red-breasted Merganser · Red-throated Diver · Hooded Crow · Great Northern Diver · Eider +55

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Great TitParus major2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Otter · Roe Deer · American Mink

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
OtterLutra lutra2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
American MinkNeovison vison2024

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Birch Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Green Grasshopper · Meliscaeva cinctella · Scaeva selenitica +8

Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
PeacockAglais io
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Thanatophilus rugosusThanatophilus rugosus2024

🍄

Fungi21 species

winter

2025

Lungwort Lichen · Ricasolia virens · Usnea cornuta s. lat. · Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. · Sticta sylvatica +16

Lungwort LichenLobaria pulmonaria
Ricasolia virensRicasolia virens
Usnea cornuta s. lat.Usnea cornuta s. lat.
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.
Sticta sylvaticaSticta sylvatica
Sphaerophorus globosusSphaerophorus globosus
Sticta canariensisSticta canariensis
Beardlichen GallerBiatoropsis hafellneri
Usnea subfloridanaUsnea subfloridana
Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
Pyrenula macrosporaPyrenula macrospora
Parmotrema crinitumParmotrema crinitum
Flavoparmelia caperataFlavoparmelia caperata
Enterographa crassaEnterographa crassa
Oak MossEvernia prunastri
Homostegia piggotiiHomostegia piggotii
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans
Pertusaria pertusaPertusaria pertusa
Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
Collema flaccidumCollema flaccidum
Cetrelia cetrarioidesCetrelia cetrarioides

🌿

Plants25 species

winter

2025

English Stonecrop · Marsh Cinquefoil · Bramble · Honeysuckle · Broad Buckler-fern +20

English StonecropSedum anglicum
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
AshFraxinus excelsior
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemula
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2024
Crown DaisyGlebionis coronaria2024
Annual ToadflaxLinaria maroccana2024