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Eilean Scalaster, Dun

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📷 Roger McLachlan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.52733, -7.33258

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦103+ 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

🐦103+ 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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +100 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +100 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Daisy, Tetmemorus brebissonii +23 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Daisy, Tetmemorus brebissonii +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +13 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +13 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 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

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,914 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,914 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2025

Corncrake · Mute Swan · Oystercatcher · Skylark · Curlew +57

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedshankTringa totanus
RavenCorvus corax
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
KnotCalidris canutus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
SwallowHirundo rustica
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
SanderlingCalidris alba
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Black TernChlidonias niger
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CuckooCuculus canorus
DunlinCalidris alpina
WigeonMareca penelope
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GannetMorus bassanus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Daisy

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
DaisyBellis perennis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,914 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2025

Corncrake · Mute Swan · Oystercatcher · Skylark · Curlew +57

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedshankTringa totanus
RavenCorvus corax
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
KnotCalidris canutus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
SwallowHirundo rustica
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
SanderlingCalidris alba
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Black TernChlidonias niger
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CuckooCuculus canorus
DunlinCalidris alpina
WigeonMareca penelope
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GannetMorus bassanus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Daisy

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
DaisyBellis perennis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Roger McLachlan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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