South Uist

The east coast is broken up by three large sea lochs; Loch Sgioport, Loch Eynort and Lochboisdale. The inland areas hold the highest peaks in the Uists with Beinn Mhor reaching an altitude of 620 meters These hills hold a large red deer herd and a high density of golden eagles and white-tailed eagles.

With the exception of Lochboisdale, the population is scattered among small crofting townships along the west coast where a continuous machair grassland pain stretches from north to south. There is an active crofting culture where traditional management of narrow machair crofts and common grazing areas provides a rich wildlife habitat for waders, corncrake as well as the rare great-yellow bumblebee. In the north the island is connected to Benbecula by a causeway and  at its southern tip, South Uist is joined to Eriskay by another causeway. Lochboisdale is the main settlement and ferry port.

The trail locations and Loch Druidibeg and Loch Sgioport are located close together at the northern edge of a remote area of moorland. At Loch Sgioport a path leads along an indented coastline frequented by white-tailed eagles. At Loch Druidibeg, a path leads across undulating moorland where there are chances of seeing both species of eagle, hen harrier, merlin and short-eared owl.