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Port Mor, dun site

📷 Walter Baxter · 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
🍄Mushroom 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
🍄Mushroom 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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Star Pinkgill, Watery Toughshank, Mint Rust +9 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Star Pinkgill, Watery Toughshank, Mint Rust +9 more · last seen 2022

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Bright-line Brown-eye, Common Carder Bee, Emerald Damselfly +48 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Bright-line Brown-eye, Common Carder Bee, Emerald Damselfly +48 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass, Intermediate Polypody, Small Nettle +116 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass, Intermediate Polypody, Small Nettle +116 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Small Nettle, Common Hemp-nettle, Common Chickweed +12 more foraging species

Varies

Wildlife to spot

2,613 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,613 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds55 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Oystercatcher · Hooded Crow · Herring Gull · Curlew · Shelduck +50

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
EiderSomateria mollissima
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GannetMorus bassanus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
DunlinCalidris alpina
SanderlingCalidris alba
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2024

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,613 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Oystercatcher · Hooded Crow · Herring Gull · Curlew · Shelduck +50

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
EiderSomateria mollissima
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GannetMorus bassanus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
DunlinCalidris alpina
SanderlingCalidris alba
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2024

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The rocky southern tip of Gigha

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