Explore off the beaten track!

Setting out from the back gate, this is a circuit of around 3km at a relaxed pace, typically 2 hours with stopping to look at things and have a snack.

At the right time of year, the density of jostling birds at Druim nam Faoillean is memorable; raucous and smelly! Thousands upon thousands of birds return to perilous ledges to nest and rear chicks each year all along this dramatic coast.  The vantage points allow great views of nesting birds and their flights out to sea – there’s a pair of binoculars to borrow if you’d like.  The best bird activity is between May and late July, after which it turns to quiet…well, the frothy crashing waves begin to make up for it in winter!

We’ll pick out traces of the past across our landscape from Mesolithic, Iron Age & Medieval times.  Discover limpet shells from an ancient midden, and hear what archaeologists found in the most recent dig beneath an atmospheric crag – occupation spanning a few thousands of years!

Exploring with company, we can spot & identify wildflowers, check out fascinating bird pellets and special sea beans washed up on our coastline, buoyant all the way from Central America – fascinating natural finds from our shores, moorland and high points!

You’re welcome to have a look around the croft garden before or after to check out what’s growing – and for kids, if you’d like to feed our croft hens, you can, just ask for some grain!