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Largizean standing stones

📷 Raibeart MacAoidh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
🌿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

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
🌿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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +53 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 — Lesser Celandine, Dryopteris borreri, Scaly Male-fern +364 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Dryopteris borreri, Scaly Male-fern +364 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Smooth Hawk's-beard, Thyme-leaved Speedwell +28 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Island WayWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Bute Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,499 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,499 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winterspring

2025

Oystercatcher · Greylag Goose · Jackdaw · Shelduck · Swallow +37

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
JackdawColoeus monedula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
TealAnas crecca
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RedshankTringa totanus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Cheilosia illustrata · Syrphus ribesii · Carabus granulatus

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024
Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2023

🌿

Plants82 species

spring

2024

Greater Plantain · Rough Meadow-grass · Spreading Meadow-grass · Yarrow · Cow Parsley +77

Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2023
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Rubus raduloidesRubus raduloides
Rubus hebridensisRubus hebridensis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2023
Rubus dumnoniensisRubus dumnoniensis2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis2023
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria2023
Heath Dog-violetViola canina2023
MarramAmmophila arenaria2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2023
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides2023
Sea-hollyEryngium maritimum2023
Sea Mouse-earCerastium diffusum2023
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2023
Lyme-grassLeymus arenarius2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
Mentha x villosa var. alopecuroidesMentha x villosa var. alopecuroides2023
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
Mat-grassNardus stricta2023
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2023
daffodilsNarcissus2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,499 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winterspring

2025

Oystercatcher · Greylag Goose · Jackdaw · Shelduck · Swallow +37

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
JackdawColoeus monedula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
TealAnas crecca
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RedshankTringa totanus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Cheilosia illustrata · Syrphus ribesii · Carabus granulatus

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024
Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2023

🌿

Plants82 species

spring

2024

Greater Plantain · Rough Meadow-grass · Spreading Meadow-grass · Yarrow · Cow Parsley +77

Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2023
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Rubus raduloidesRubus raduloides
Rubus hebridensisRubus hebridensis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2023
Rubus dumnoniensisRubus dumnoniensis2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis2023
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria2023
Heath Dog-violetViola canina2023
MarramAmmophila arenaria2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2023
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides2023
Sea-hollyEryngium maritimum2023
Sea Mouse-earCerastium diffusum2023
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2023
Lyme-grassLeymus arenarius2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
Mentha x villosa var. alopecuroidesMentha x villosa var. alopecuroides2023
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
Mat-grassNardus stricta2023
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2023
daffodilsNarcissus2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Raibeart MacAoidh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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