First time here

Put it on this device

Add Western Isles Weather to your home screen or computer so the radar and the morning outlook are one tap away. The steps match this device. Change it below if that guess is wrong. The phone icon in the top bar opens this again later.

Laptop

A desk layout: the sections are in a column on the left, and the map is wide.

  1. In Chrome or Edge, use the install icon in the address bar, or the browser menu, then Install.
  2. Pin the window to the taskbar or keep it in the Dock.

Location. Lock on me asks once in the browser. If you blocked it, click the lock icon in the address bar and set Location to Allow, then tap Lock on me again.

WI

Where to look

Wildlife

Beaches, machair, lochs and cliffs from the Butt to Mingulay. Give seals with pups a wide berth, keep dogs on a lead in breeding season, and do not fly a drone at a seabird cliff.

  • BBirds
  • SSea life
  • MMammals
  • FMachair

North Uist

Balranald

The machair jewel: corncrake, lapwing, redshank, dunlin, ringed plover and snipe. Otters on the lochs.

May to August for corncrake and breeding waders. Wildfowl in winter.

RSPB reserve. Keep to the marked paths and close gates.

  • Corncrake · Birds
  • Lapwing · Birds
  • Redshank · Birds
  • Dunlin · Birds
  • Otter · Mammals
  • Machair flowers · Machair