United Kingdom Ramsar wetland
Lewis Peatlands
80 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
3 species in January.7 species in February.51 species in March.6 species in April.31 species in May.59 species in June.19 species in July.20 species in August.9 species in September.15 species in October.11 species in November.7 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
80 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 80Speciesrecorded more than once
- 33Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 602Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 112 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 1Owls
- 10Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 29Songbirds
- 5Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 80 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders10 species
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- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds16 species
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- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Common MurreUria aalge
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds29 species
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- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
Other birds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan8°/6°136 mm
- Feb8°/6°104 mm
- Mar8°/6°96 mm
- Apr9°/7°72 mm
- May10°/9°78 mm
- Jun12°/11°73 mm
- Jul14°/12°94 mm
- Aug14°/13°107 mm
- Sep14°/12°105 mm
- Oct12°/10°131 mm
- Nov10°/8°128 mm
- Dec9°/7°134 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lewis Peatlands.
Peatland in western Scotland
Lewis Peatlands is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United Kingdom.
80 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 602 open records.
The most recorded are the Corncrake, corn crake, the Common Snipe and the Black-throated Diver.
23 species come for the summer, 8 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Eilean Fraoich Campsitecampsite · 9.8 km · 1 within 10 km
- Westend Bed & Breakfastplace to stay · 8.8 km · 10 within 10 km
- Isle of Lewisnearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Stornoway Airport (SYY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1campsites within 10 kmEilean Fraoich Campsite
- 10places to stay within 10 kmWestend Bed & Breakfast, Uig View, Harris View and 7 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lewis Peatlands.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas13 mountains within 25 kmStacashal · 2.2 kmRoishal More · 4.3 kmEitshal · 7.7 kmRoineval · 19 kmMuirneag · 20 kmCnoc Dubh56 m · 20 kmSuainaval · 24 kmCearnabhal · 24 km
Lakeyas8 lakes within 15 kmLoch na Scaravat0.3 km² · 5.0 kmLoch Bhatandiop0.3 km² · 5.9 kmLoch Acha Mòr0.3 km² · 9.5 kmLoch na Craoibhe0.3 km² · 10 kmLoch a' Bhaile0.2 km² · 11 kmLoch Mòr Bharabhais0.8 km² · 12 kmLoch Trealaval1.9 km² · 15 kmLoch Faoghail Charrasan0.8 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmLewis and HarrisBortle 2 · 4.9 km↗Great BerneraBortle 2 · 16 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Lewis Peatlands
United Kingdom
- 45Birdyas Score
- 80Species
- 33Migrants
- 0Threatened
Gruinart Flats SSSI
United Kingdom · 271 km
- 77Birdyas Score
- 174Species
- 83Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q65082450) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 602 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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