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Polin, dun site

📷 Hilmar Ilgenfritz · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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58.47983, -5.10353

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shag and Herring Gull
✦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

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shag and Herring Gull
✦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 — Shag, Herring Gull, Meadow Pipit +85 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shag, Herring Gull, Meadow Pipit +85 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 — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Hare-tail Moss, Golden-head Moss, Hooked Scorpion-moss +6 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hare-tail Moss, Golden-head Moss, Hooked Scorpion-moss +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sandwood Bay pathWalking route7.2 km

Path to Sandwood Bay

Named routeLength 7.2 kmLocal walking route

Cape Wrath Trail (Inchnadamph → Cape Wrath)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

7,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Shag · Herring Gull · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Rock Dove +85

ShagGulosus aristotelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
RavenCorvus corax
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
RobinErithacus rubecula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Common GullLarus canus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwallowHirundo rustica
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RazorbillAlca torda
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great TitParus major
CurlewNumenius arquata
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedshankTringa totanus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CuckooCuculus canorus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
MerlinFalco columbarius
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Common TernSterna hirundo
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
EiderSomateria mollissima
Sabine's GullXema sabini
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2023
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Barn OwlTyto alba
TealAnas crecca
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects18 species

springsummer

2025

White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Common Carder Bee · Dactylolabis sexmaculata +13

White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Dactylolabis sexmaculataDactylolabis sexmaculata2024
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata2024
Diastata adustaDiastata adusta2024
Coelopa frigidaCoelopa frigida2024
Ptychoptera albimanaPtychoptera albimana2024
Hydrophorus nebulosusHydrophorus nebulosus2024
Awkward ClusterflyPollenia rudis2024
Calathus cinctusCalathus cinctus2024
Sarcophaga nigriventrisSarcophaga nigriventris2024
Bibio johannisBibio johannis2024
Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023

🌿

Plants9 species

springsummer

2025

Hare-tail Moss · Golden-head Moss · Hooked Scorpion-moss · Sharp-leaved Blindia · Campylium stellatum +4

Hare-tail MossMyurium hochstetteri2024
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Hooked Scorpion-mossScorpidium scorpioides
Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Spring SquillScilla verna2024
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Shag · Herring Gull · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Rock Dove +85

ShagGulosus aristotelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
RavenCorvus corax
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
RobinErithacus rubecula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Common GullLarus canus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwallowHirundo rustica
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RazorbillAlca torda
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great TitParus major
CurlewNumenius arquata
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedshankTringa totanus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CuckooCuculus canorus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
MerlinFalco columbarius
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Common TernSterna hirundo
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
EiderSomateria mollissima
Sabine's GullXema sabini
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2023
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Barn OwlTyto alba
TealAnas crecca
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects18 species

springsummer

2025

White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Common Carder Bee · Dactylolabis sexmaculata +13

White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Dactylolabis sexmaculataDactylolabis sexmaculata2024
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata2024
Diastata adustaDiastata adusta2024
Coelopa frigidaCoelopa frigida2024
Ptychoptera albimanaPtychoptera albimana2024
Hydrophorus nebulosusHydrophorus nebulosus2024
Awkward ClusterflyPollenia rudis2024
Calathus cinctusCalathus cinctus2024
Sarcophaga nigriventrisSarcophaga nigriventris2024
Bibio johannisBibio johannis2024
Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023

🌿

Plants9 species

springsummer

2025

Hare-tail Moss · Golden-head Moss · Hooked Scorpion-moss · Sharp-leaved Blindia · Campylium stellatum +4

Hare-tail MossMyurium hochstetteri2024
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Hooked Scorpion-mossScorpidium scorpioides
Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Spring SquillScilla verna2024
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hilmar Ilgenfritz · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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