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Star of the Sea

📷 Euan Nelson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦138+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Waxwing
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Macroon's Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦138+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Waxwing
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Macroon's Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingToilets

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackcap, Waxwing, Long-tailed Tit +135 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackcap, Waxwing, Long-tailed Tit +135 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2024; Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2024

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

6,123 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,123 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

spring

2025

Starling · Hooded Crow · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · House Sparrow +60

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CuckooCuculus canorus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RazorbillAlca torda
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
PuffinFratercula arctica
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common TernSterna hirundo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Peacock

PeacockAglais io

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,123 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

spring

2025

Starling · Hooded Crow · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · House Sparrow +60

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CuckooCuculus canorus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RazorbillAlca torda
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
PuffinFratercula arctica
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common TernSterna hirundo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Peacock

PeacockAglais io

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Euan Nelson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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