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Sean Dun, dun site

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.37898, -5.99687

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦118+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Greylag Goose
✦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

🐦118+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Greylag Goose
✦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

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Greylag Goose, Oystercatcher +115 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Curlew, Greylag Goose, Oystercatcher +115 more · last seen 2026

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 — Ctenicera cuprea, Ctenicera, Eupeodes latifasciatus +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ctenicera cuprea, Ctenicera, Eupeodes latifasciatus +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

St Conan Pilgrim WayWalking route118 km

Just over 100km of walking, mostly on road but with mountain pass of Glen Noe. Walking distance about 103 km

Named routeLength 118 kmLocal walking route

Saint Conan Coastal RouteWalking route

Route requires good navigation skills between Bunessan and Carsaig, including use of compass. Enters remote mountain terrain.

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summer

2026

Curlew · Lapwing · Grey Heron · Greylag Goose · Meadow Pipit +57

CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

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Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summer

2026

Curlew · Lapwing · Grey Heron · Greylag Goose · Meadow Pipit +57

CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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