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Magical Machair on the Isle of Tiree: One of Europe's Rarest Habitats

Magical Machair on the Isle of Tiree: One of Europe's Rarest Habitats

"Beeswings beating against the wind tide.

Machair Humming."

These are the words that tumbled from my mind and into my notebook whilst watching a little meadow of machair on the Isle of Tiree-Machair is the name for the wild flower meadows that grow on Scotland's west coast islands- the sand which consists of crumbled up shells blows ashore and creates a calcium-rich sand in which unique, grassland meadows thrive. These grasslands burst into a carpet of colour in the Summer months, and bees abound.

What could be more perfect, a meadow set against the Western ocean? And machair is only found on the Western coast of Scotland and Ireland, so it really is a British treasure. 

 
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Red Clover

Red Clover

 
A Red Clover and a Scottish Thistle in unison

A Red Clover and a Scottish Thistle in unison

 
I don't know who was more surprised to see the other-me or the frog!

I don't know who was more surprised to see the other-me or the frog!

 
Pink Thrift-my favourite

Pink Thrift-my favourite

 
 
Birds Foot Tree Foil

Birds Foot Tree Foil

 
Red Clover

Red Clover

Kayaking the Tiree Coast and finding Rock pools deep enough to swim in..

Kayaking the Tiree Coast and finding Rock pools deep enough to swim in..

A Round-up of Tiree's Best Beaches: a little slice of heaven at the Maze

A Round-up of Tiree's Best Beaches: a little slice of heaven at the Maze