Category: Explore – Howmore and More of South Uist

        Travel north from Howmore for a few miles and take the road a short distance to Loch Skipport, on the the east coast of South Uist. As this road nears its end is a man-made gorge and then a series of hairpin bends before a deserted quayside and decaying pier struts. Read More …

The Kildonan Centre is a few minutes drive south from Howmore and is open from April until October. Here there is a museum, built on the site of an old school, a craft shop, an archive dedicated to Margaret Fay Shaw, a room for archaeologists to clean and examine their finds, and a cafe as Read More …

Under two miles to the north of Howmore is the Loch Druidibeg Nature Reserve, a significant breeding ground for the Corncrake or Landrail (Crex crex). These birds are to be found from these western shores of Europe across Asia as far as western China. They migrate to Africa during the winter months in the northern Read More …