#machair

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Beach day!

Cuppa: Silk Road Blend by Rosevear Tea

View: Luskentyre Beach, Harris

Snack: orange Club (a biscuit of distinction)

This is, as near as you could imagine, the perfect swimming beach. Clear turquoise water, gently-sloping sand, just that little bit warmer than Scottish summer seas usually are. Absolutely gorgeous. It deserved a second cuppa (Kukicha with honey).

I leave you with some machair flowers: a happy little daisy, and a clump of tiny pink mother-of-thyme.

[lost-harts]

July 2021

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 4 July 2021

In the machair of Orkney the Dactylorhiza purpurella (Northern marsh orchid) form large colonies. Everywhere you look the plants are putting on a show! Machair is a Gaelic word meaning a fertile low lying grassy plain. This is one of the rarest habitats in Europe which only occurs on the exposed western coasts of Scotland and Ireland. The soil is mainly composed of sand made up of crushed shells which are regularly blown ashore by Atlantic gales.

Jill Raggett

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Good Morning from Scotland

Dawn at Riof by John Blair Via Flickr: My 50th explore pic www.johnblair.co.uk/

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These lovely Corn buntings are on the decline due to a loss of habitat but are still doing well at RSPB Balranald in the Outer Hebrides. #originalphotography #travelphotography #birdphoto #cornbunting #rspb_love_nature #rspbscotland #scotlandlover #scotland #scotland_insta #outerhebrides #westernisles #northuist #machair

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WHEN: 28 July, 2022 WHERE: Berneray Machair, Scotland WHAT: bluebells and other plants WHO: Alasdair W on Wikimedia Commons [x] [x]