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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
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58.20590, -6.36016
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Waxwing and Herring Gull 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking nearby — easy to reach by car 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Waxwing and Herring Gull 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking nearby — easy to reach by car £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Waxwing, Herring Gull, Grey Heron +97 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Waxwing, Herring Gull, Grey Heron +97 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 — Large Yellow Underwing, White-tailed Bumblebee, Square-spot Rustic +141 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, White-tailed Bumblebee, Square-spot Rustic +141 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Brown Rollrim · last seen 2025; Fungi — Brown Rollrim · last seen 2025
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Giant-rhubarb, Cuckooflower · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant-rhubarb, Cuckooflower · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hebridean Way (Hiking) Walking route 252 km ▾
Hiking route along the length of the Outer Hebrides
Named route Length 252 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Lews Castle Parkrun Walking route 5 km ▾
5km route used by Lews Castle Parkrun
Named route Length 5 km Parkrun
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Noctua comes
Noctua comes
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa
Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata
Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata
Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica
Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica
Dotted Clay Xestia baja
Dotted Clay Xestia baja
Common Rustic agg. Mesapamea secalis agg.
Common Rustic agg. Mesapamea secalis agg.
Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla
Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata
Indet. Ear Moth Amphipoea
Indet. Ear Moth Amphipoea
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria
Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata
Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis
Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella
Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella
Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea
Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea
Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella
Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana
Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata
Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata
Beautiful Carpet Mesoleuca albicillata
Beautiful Carpet Mesoleuca albicillata
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota
Autumn Green Carpet Chloroclysta miata
Autumn Green Carpet Chloroclysta miata
Red Sword-grass Xylena vetusta
Red Sword-grass Xylena vetusta
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica
Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix
Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata
White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella
White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella
Dark-marked Tortrix Acleris laterana
Dark-marked Tortrix Acleris laterana
Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa
Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma
Rufous Stilt Caloptilia rufipennella
Rufous Stilt Caloptilia rufipennella
Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata
Chevron Eulithis testata
Chevron Eulithis testata
Lead-coloured Tortrix Acleris sparsana
Lead-coloured Tortrix Acleris sparsana
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana
Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana
Neglected Rustic Xestia castanea
Neglected Rustic Xestia castanea
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata
Garden Stilt Gracillaria syringella
Garden Stilt Gracillaria syringella
Archer's Dart Agrotis vestigialis
Archer's Dart Agrotis vestigialis
Dotted Carpet Alcis jubata
Dotted Carpet Alcis jubata
Honeysuckle Moth Ypsolopha dentella
Honeysuckle Moth Ypsolopha dentella
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella
Moorland Grey Eudonia murana
Moorland Grey Eudonia murana
Pallid Grey Eudonia pallida
Pallid Grey Eudonia pallida
Rufous Tortrix Clepsis consimilana
Rufous Tortrix Clepsis consimilana
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata
Furness Dowd Blastobasis adustella
Furness Dowd Blastobasis adustella
Marsh Oblique-barred Hypenodes humidalis
Marsh Oblique-barred Hypenodes humidalis
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria
Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria
Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata
Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata
Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata
Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella
Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella
Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma
Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma
Gorse Flat-body Agonopterix umbellana
Gorse Flat-body Agonopterix umbellana
Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis
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