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Teampull Mhuir

📷 Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

57.66200, -7.39206

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Bar-tailed Godwit
✦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

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Bar-tailed Godwit
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Corncrake, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corncrake, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Mouse-ear, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, White Clover +98 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Common Mouse-ear, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, White Clover +98 more · last seen 2016

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hogweed, Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Wild Thyme +6 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red Admiral, Common Blue +7 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red Admiral, Common Blue +7 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hebridean WayCycling route

Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Corncrake · Bar-tailed Godwit · Rock Dove · Ringed Plover · Oystercatcher +50

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rock DoveColumba livia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedshankTringa totanus
EiderSomateria mollissima
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GannetMorus bassanus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
KnotCalidris canutus2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShagGulosus aristotelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Branta hutchinsii hutchinsiiBranta hutchinsii hutchinsii2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
RuffCalidris pugnax2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Wood Mouse

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2023

Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · Moss Carder Bee

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
BumblebeeBombus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Corncrake · Bar-tailed Godwit · Rock Dove · Ringed Plover · Oystercatcher +50

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rock DoveColumba livia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedshankTringa totanus
EiderSomateria mollissima
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GannetMorus bassanus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
KnotCalidris canutus2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShagGulosus aristotelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Branta hutchinsii hutchinsiiBranta hutchinsii hutchinsii2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
RuffCalidris pugnax2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Wood Mouse

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2023

Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · Moss Carder Bee

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
BumblebeeBombus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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