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St Brendan Roman Catholic Church

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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56.98604, -7.50516

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 219m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 219m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Corncrake, Kumlien's Gull, Surf Scoter +94 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corncrake, Kumlien's Gull, Surf Scoter +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Great Yellow Bumblebee, White-tailed Bumblebee +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Great Yellow Bumblebee, White-tailed Bumblebee +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Hebridean Way

Varies

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Hebridean Way (Hiking)

Free

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

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,769 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,769 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds65 species

summer

2025

Corncrake · Starling · Common Gull · Oystercatcher · Common Guillemot +60

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ShagGulosus aristotelis
EiderSomateria mollissima
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
RazorbillAlca torda
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
RedshankTringa totanus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
PuffinFratercula arctica2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Little AukAlle alle
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CuckooCuculus canorus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2024
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024

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Insects25 species

summer

2025

Great Yellow Bumblebee · Moss Carder Bee · White-line Dart · Ingrailed Clay · Flame Carpet +20

Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
White-line DartEuxoa tritici
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,769 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summer

2025

Corncrake · Starling · Common Gull · Oystercatcher · Common Guillemot +60

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ShagGulosus aristotelis
EiderSomateria mollissima
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
RazorbillAlca torda
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
RedshankTringa totanus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
PuffinFratercula arctica2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Little AukAlle alle
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CuckooCuculus canorus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2024
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024

🐝

Insects25 species

summer

2025

Great Yellow Bumblebee · Moss Carder Bee · White-line Dart · Ingrailed Clay · Flame Carpet +20

Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
White-line DartEuxoa tritici
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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