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Ensay Standing Stone

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Dogs welcome

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57.76772, -7.08006

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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
✦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

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

3 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Kittiwake, Manx Shearwater, Shag +14 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kittiwake, Manx Shearwater, Shag +14 more · last seen 2025

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

Berneray Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

49 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

49 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

summer

2025

Kittiwake · Manx Shearwater · Cormorant · Shag · Herring Gull +12

KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2018
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2016
ShagGulosus aristotelis2016
Herring GullLarus argentatus2016
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2016
Common GuillemotUria aalge2016
GannetMorus bassanus2016
RazorbillAlca torda2016
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2015
CorncrakeCrex crex2014
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2016
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2015
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2015
SanderlingCalidris alba2015

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2019

Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal · Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2018
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2015
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

49 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

summer

2025

Kittiwake · Manx Shearwater · Cormorant · Shag · Herring Gull +12

KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2018
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2016
ShagGulosus aristotelis2016
Herring GullLarus argentatus2016
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2016
Common GuillemotUria aalge2016
GannetMorus bassanus2016
RazorbillAlca torda2016
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2015
CorncrakeCrex crex2014
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2016
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2015
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2015
SanderlingCalidris alba2015

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2019

Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal · Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2018
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2015
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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