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Seana Caisteal, broch site

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📷 Marc Calhoun · 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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Great Northern Diver, Gannet, Eider +35 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Northern Diver, Gannet, Eider +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cosmarium margaritiferum, Closterium incurvum, Cosmarium subprotumidum +16 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Cosmarium margaritiferum, Closterium incurvum, Cosmarium subprotumidum +16 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Rhizocarpon geographicum, Common Orange Lichen, Crab's Eye Lichen +1 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Rhizocarpon geographicum, Common Orange Lichen, Crab's Eye Lichen +1 more · last seen 2022

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Six-spot Burnet, Downlooker Snipefly, Moss Carder Bee +11 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Six-spot Burnet, Downlooker Snipefly, Moss Carder Bee +11 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Berneray Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

137 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

137 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

summer

2025

Great Northern Diver · Gannet · Eider · Black Guillemot · Long-tailed Duck +33

Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GannetMorus bassanus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2017
DunlinCalidris alpina2017
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2017
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2017
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2017
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2017
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2017
LapwingVanellus vanellus2017
Common GullLarus canus2017
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2017
RazorbillAlca torda
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2011
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2011
RedshankTringa totanus2011
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2011
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2011
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2011
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2011
Greylag GooseAnser anser2011
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2011
SanderlingCalidris alba2011
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2011
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2011
Herring GullLarus argentatus2011
SnipeGallinago gallinago2011

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2022

Otter · Cuvier's Beaked Whale

OtterLutra lutra
Cuvier's Beaked WhaleZiphius cavirostris2018

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2022

Six-spot Burnet · Moss Carder Bee · Downlooker Snipefly · Green-veined White · Gerris (Gerris) thoracicus +9

Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Gerris (Gerris) thoracicusGerris (Gerris) thoracicus
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
Lesser water-boatmenSigara (Subsigara) scotti
Lesser Water-BoatmanCorixidae
Cloeon simileCloeon simile
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Oecetis furvaOecetis furva
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum

🍄

Fungi4 species

summer

2022

Rhizocarpon geographicum · Common Orange Lichen · Crab's Eye Lichen · Scarlet Waxcap

Rhizocarpon geographicumRhizocarpon geographicum
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2014

🌿

Plants19 species

summer

2022

Closterium incurvum · Cosmarium subprotumidum · Cosmarium margaritiferum · Cosmarium reniforme · Closterium attenuatum +14

Closterium incurvumClosterium incurvum
Cosmarium subprotumidumCosmarium subprotumidum
Cosmarium margaritiferumCosmarium margaritiferum
Cosmarium reniformeCosmarium reniforme
Closterium attenuatumClosterium attenuatum
Closterium calosporumClosterium calosporum
Closterium dianaeClosterium dianae
Staurastrum aviculaStaurastrum avicula
Gonatozygon brebissoniiGonatozygon brebissonii
Staurastrum teliferumStaurastrum teliferum
Teilingia granulataTeilingia granulata
Euastrum pectinatumEuastrum pectinatum
Cosmarium phaseolusCosmarium phaseolus
Tetmemorus granulatusTetmemorus granulatus
Staurastrum gracileStaurastrum gracile
Closterium naviculaClosterium navicula
Cosmarium depressumCosmarium depressum
Euastrum elegansEuastrum elegans
Staurastrum bulbosumStaurastrum bulbosum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

137 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

summer

2025

Great Northern Diver · Gannet · Eider · Black Guillemot · Long-tailed Duck +33

Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GannetMorus bassanus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2017
DunlinCalidris alpina2017
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2017
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2017
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2017
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2017
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2017
LapwingVanellus vanellus2017
Common GullLarus canus2017
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2017
RazorbillAlca torda
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2011
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2011
RedshankTringa totanus2011
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2011
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2011
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2011
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2011
Greylag GooseAnser anser2011
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2011
SanderlingCalidris alba2011
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2011
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2011
Herring GullLarus argentatus2011
SnipeGallinago gallinago2011

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2022

Otter · Cuvier's Beaked Whale

OtterLutra lutra
Cuvier's Beaked WhaleZiphius cavirostris2018

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2022

Six-spot Burnet · Moss Carder Bee · Downlooker Snipefly · Green-veined White · Gerris (Gerris) thoracicus +9

Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Gerris (Gerris) thoracicusGerris (Gerris) thoracicus
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
Lesser water-boatmenSigara (Subsigara) scotti
Lesser Water-BoatmanCorixidae
Cloeon simileCloeon simile
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Oecetis furvaOecetis furva
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum

🍄

Fungi4 species

summer

2022

Rhizocarpon geographicum · Common Orange Lichen · Crab's Eye Lichen · Scarlet Waxcap

Rhizocarpon geographicumRhizocarpon geographicum
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2014

🌿

Plants19 species

summer

2022

Closterium incurvum · Cosmarium subprotumidum · Cosmarium margaritiferum · Cosmarium reniforme · Closterium attenuatum +14

Closterium incurvumClosterium incurvum
Cosmarium subprotumidumCosmarium subprotumidum
Cosmarium margaritiferumCosmarium margaritiferum
Cosmarium reniformeCosmarium reniforme
Closterium attenuatumClosterium attenuatum
Closterium calosporumClosterium calosporum
Closterium dianaeClosterium dianae
Staurastrum aviculaStaurastrum avicula
Gonatozygon brebissoniiGonatozygon brebissonii
Staurastrum teliferumStaurastrum teliferum
Teilingia granulataTeilingia granulata
Euastrum pectinatumEuastrum pectinatum
Cosmarium phaseolusCosmarium phaseolus
Tetmemorus granulatusTetmemorus granulatus
Staurastrum gracileStaurastrum gracile
Closterium naviculaClosterium navicula
Cosmarium depressumCosmarium depressum
Euastrum elegansEuastrum elegans
Staurastrum bulbosumStaurastrum bulbosum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Marc Calhoun · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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