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Ord House

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

57.42352, -7.39068

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Oystercatcher
✦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

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Oystercatcher
✦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 — Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Greylag Goose +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Greylag Goose +82 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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cheilosia illustrata, Meadow Brown, Northern Mottled Cloak +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cheilosia illustrata, Meadow Brown, Northern Mottled Cloak +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Yellow Iris · last seen 2025; Plants — Yellow Iris · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route 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

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,406 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,406 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2025

Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Redshank · Lapwing · Common Gull +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GadwallMareca strepera
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SnipeGallinago gallinago
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SwallowHirundo rustica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RavenCorvus corax
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common TernSterna hirundo
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
EiderSomateria mollissima
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
TealAnas crecca
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
DunlinCalidris alpina
ShagGulosus aristotelis
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus

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Insects2 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Northern Mottled Cloak

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Northern Mottled CloakEana penziana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,406 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2025

Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Redshank · Lapwing · Common Gull +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GadwallMareca strepera
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SnipeGallinago gallinago
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SwallowHirundo rustica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RavenCorvus corax
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common TernSterna hirundo
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
EiderSomateria mollissima
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
TealAnas crecca
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
DunlinCalidris alpina
ShagGulosus aristotelis
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Northern Mottled Cloak

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Northern Mottled CloakEana penziana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Abandoned farming implement, Sìdhean Bhuirgh

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