0 in northwestern Scotland and western Ireland, an area of land next to the coast that is formed of sand and pieces of shell and that is covered in grass and wildflowers: --
In Harris, there are large areas of machair in the southwest.
The beaches facing west are sandy, backed by the machair, that wonderful wild grassland of the west coast, which in May and June is filled with flowers.
The machair also houses important bird populations, including waders such as snipe and oystercatchers.
Machair crofters have a history of working their land to the benefit of wildlife.
We then turned north again to meet the old route to the machairs of the west coast.
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May 10, 2021
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