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Rubh an Teampaill

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📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.80874, -7.10320

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Lapwing
✦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 — Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Common Gull +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Common Gull +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Small Garden Bumblebee +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Small Garden Bumblebee +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Thistle Rust, Dusky Puffball · last seen 2025; Fungi — Thistle Rust, Dusky Puffball · last seen 2025

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

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

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,034 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,034 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummer

2025

Redshank · Black-headed Gull · Common Gull · Lapwing · Oystercatcher +45

RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CuckooCuculus canorus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common TernSterna hirundo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RazorbillAlca torda
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024

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Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Great Yellow Bumblebee · Downlooker Snipefly · Moss Carder Bee · Nephrotoma submaculosa · Eristalis arbustorum

Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Nephrotoma submaculosaNephrotoma submaculosa
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum

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Fungi1 species

spring

2025

Thistle Rust

Thistle RustPuccinia punctiformis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,034 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummer

2025

Redshank · Black-headed Gull · Common Gull · Lapwing · Oystercatcher +45

RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CuckooCuculus canorus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common TernSterna hirundo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RazorbillAlca torda
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Great Yellow Bumblebee · Downlooker Snipefly · Moss Carder Bee · Nephrotoma submaculosa · Eristalis arbustorum

Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Nephrotoma submaculosaNephrotoma submaculosa
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2025

Thistle Rust

Thistle RustPuccinia punctiformis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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