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Photo of Seal Bay (Traigh Tuath), a beach near Eoligarry, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

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Seal Bay (Traigh Tuath)

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A mix of rock and sand on the west side of Barra at Cleat, named for the grey seals that haul out on the skerries offshore. Bring binoculars — there’s a fair chance of watching them lounging about, with wading birds along the shore too. It’s just off the A888 ring road that loops around the island.

More places to visit near Seal Bay (Traigh Tuath)

Photo of the Isle of Barra, an island in Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Isle of Barra

Island near Northbay

Kisimul Castle in Castlebay's harbour, planes landing on a cockle beach, and a single road looping past machair and white sand

0.2 km S

Photo of Traigh Mhor (Barra Airport Beach), a beach near Eoligarry, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Traigh Mhor (Barra Airport Beach)

Beach near Eoligarry

Broad tidal cockle strand that doubles as Barra's airport runway, the only beach used by scheduled flights.

0.9 km NW

Photo of Traigh Eais, a beach near Eoligarry, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Traigh Eais

Beach near Eoligarry

Long Atlantic-facing dune beach on the north tip of Barra, opposite the airport beach.

1.4 km NW

Photo of Allasdale Beach, a beach near Castlebay, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Allasdale Beach

Beach near Castlebay

Sweep of white sand (Traigh Hamara) on Barra's west coast with views to the Atlantic.

5 km SW

Photo of Prince's Beach (Coilleag a' Phrionnsa), a beach near Eriskay, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Prince's Beach (Coilleag a' Phrionnsa)

Beach near Eriskay

White-sand Eriskay bay where Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot in Scotland in 1745.

10 km NE

Photo of South Uist, an island in Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

South Uist

Island near Howmore

Twenty miles of machair and beach down the west side, Hecla and Beinn Mhòr to the east, and Flora MacDonald's birthplace

10.1 km NE