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📷 Oliver Dixon · 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
🌿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
🌿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

Parking

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 — Black-throated Diver, Red-throated Diver, Corncrake +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black-throated Diver, Red-throated Diver, Corncrake +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Flat-topped Bog-moss, Isothecium myosuroides, Seaside Grimmia +277 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Flat-topped Bog-moss, Isothecium myosuroides, Seaside Grimmia +277 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Two-horned Pincerwort, Moon-leaved Pincerwort, Hampe's Threadwort +17 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Porcelain Fungus, Razor Strop Fungus, Coesyn Melfed +1 more · last seen 2018; Fungi — Porcelain Fungus, Razor Strop Fungus, Coesyn Melfed +1 more · last seen 2018

Varies

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

Lews Castle ParkrunWalking route5 km

5km route used by Lews Castle Parkrun

Named routeLength 5 kmParkrun

Wildlife to spot

1,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

wintersummer

2025

Red-throated Diver · Herring Gull · Grey Heron · Great Black-backed Gull · Black-throated Diver +56

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GannetMorus bassanus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RazorbillAlca torda
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
DunnockPrunella modularis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2022
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2022
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
TealAnas crecca2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2026

Common Porpoise · Minke Whale · Grey Seal · Common Dolphin · White-beaked Dolphin +1

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata2025
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2023
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis2024
White-beaked DolphinLagenorhynchus albirostris2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects8 species

winterspringsummer

2025

White-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax · Sphaerophoria · Epistrophe grossulariae · Limnephilus +3

White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
LimnephilusLimnephilus2023

🌿

Plants19 species

winter

2024

Giant-rhubarb · Closterium navicula · Cosmarium reniforme · Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii · Staurastrum inconspicuum +14

Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria
Closterium naviculaClosterium navicula2023
Cosmarium reniformeCosmarium reniforme2023
Pleurotaenium ehrenbergiiPleurotaenium ehrenbergii2023
Staurastrum inconspicuumStaurastrum inconspicuum2023
Closterium incurvum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

wintersummer

2025

Red-throated Diver · Herring Gull · Grey Heron · Great Black-backed Gull · Black-throated Diver +56

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GannetMorus bassanus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RazorbillAlca torda
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
DunnockPrunella modularis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2022
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2022
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
TealAnas crecca2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2026

Common Porpoise · Minke Whale · Grey Seal · Common Dolphin · White-beaked Dolphin +1

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata2025
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2023
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis2024
White-beaked DolphinLagenorhynchus albirostris2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects8 species

winterspringsummer

2025

White-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax · Sphaerophoria · Epistrophe grossulariae · Limnephilus +3

White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
LimnephilusLimnephilus2023

🌿

Plants19 species

winter

2024

Giant-rhubarb · Closterium navicula · Cosmarium reniforme · Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii · Staurastrum inconspicuum +14

Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria
Closterium naviculaClosterium navicula2023
Cosmarium reniformeCosmarium reniforme2023
Pleurotaenium ehrenbergiiPleurotaenium ehrenbergii2023
Staurastrum inconspicuumStaurastrum inconspicuum2023
Closterium incurvum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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