A short walk to the Trig Point on Waterstein Head, giving astounding views. 2-3 miles. 2 hours.
From Milovaig, follow the road back towards Glendale and take your first right onto the Neist Road. You can either walk, or take the car.
Continue along this road as it gently climbs uphill and park in the lay-by on the left hand side when you reach the summit. This is at the point where the road begins to descend steeply down to Waterstein.
Running at 90 degrees to the road, to your left, you will see a stone/turf dyke running along the ridge towards Waterstein Head. Follow the ridge, as it climbs towards Waterstein Head, and then continue along the edge of the cliff, on a well-worn track until you reach the summit and Trig Point (970 feet above sea-level).
The views are incredible, through 360 degrees: with MacLeod’s Tables behind, Lorgill Bay to your left, the Western Isles ahead, and Moonen Bay/Neist to the right.
For those wishing to extend the walk, it is possible to continue along the cliff top, towards Ramasaig, and cut across the moor to join up with the Ramasaig road, or re-trace your steps back to the lay-by.
There was a minke whale surfacing close to shore at Neist amongst a big flock of feeding seabirds. A second minke whale was south of Neist towards Canna. There were also 2-3 harbour porpoises making close passes at Neist.
There were four minke whales around Neist Point at mid-day. Three were initially south towards Canna and two of those came north past Neist, each with a close, single surface beside the point. The fourth minke was west of Neist towards Benbecula. There were also at least two harbour porpoises at Neist.
There were 12 summer-plumage turnstones and 8 purple sandpipers at Neist plus a single great skua (bonxie) and two arctic skuas.