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Lephenstrath, dun site

📷 Leslie Barrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦116+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Swallow
✦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

🐦116+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Swallow
✦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 — Grey Wagtail, Swallow, Curlew +113 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Grey Wagtail, Swallow, Curlew +113 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Rock Samphire, Sea Bindweed +12 more · last seen 2024; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Rock Samphire, Sea Bindweed +12 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Small Copper +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Small Copper +15 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

Wildlife to spot

5,400 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,400 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Gannet · Oystercatcher · Swallow · Grey Wagtail · Blackcap +70

GannetMorus bassanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SiskinSpinus spinus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Rock DoveColumba livia
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JackdawColoeus monedula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MerlinFalco columbarius
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
SwiftApus apus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RavenCorvus corax
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common TernSterna hirundo
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer

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Insects11 species

summer

2025

Silver Y · Small Tortoiseshell · Rosy Rustic · Common Earwig · Common Carder Bee +6

Silver YAutographa gamma
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common MarbleCelypha lacunana
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,400 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Gannet · Oystercatcher · Swallow · Grey Wagtail · Blackcap +70

GannetMorus bassanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SiskinSpinus spinus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Rock DoveColumba livia
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JackdawColoeus monedula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MerlinFalco columbarius
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
SwiftApus apus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RavenCorvus corax
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common TernSterna hirundo
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

Silver Y · Small Tortoiseshell · Rosy Rustic · Common Earwig · Common Carder Bee +6

Silver YAutographa gamma
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common MarbleCelypha lacunana
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Leslie Barrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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⛪Southend Parish ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→⛳Dunaverty Golf ClubGolf course3.5 km→✦St. Columba's Church (ruins)Historic site1.6 km→✦Dunaverty Memorial Burial EnclosureHistoric site2.8 km→✦High Keil, dun siteHistoric site2 km→✦Ormsary, dun siteHistoric site2.3 km→

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