Blackthorn blooming at Kesh caves, Co. Sligo and stork’s bill holding the sand together on #machair in south Co. Galway for #wildflowerhour
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Disturbance by us is one of the main threats to our few remaining ground nesting birds. #machair #collaborativeconservation #birds #donegal
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A whiskas cat food box full of freshly harvested red potatoes.
Gift from my crofting neighbour - #machair #potatoes glowing like rubies. #uist 😋🍠
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Unique sand dunes systems that only exist in Ireland and Scotland. @naturescot.bsky.social @nature.com @foeireland.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social #machair #nature
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The sun shines through the clouds over the calm ocean.
The machair in full bloom, a tapestry of white, yellow and deep pink wild flowers.
The sun peeped out over the sea and the #machair is putting on its best dress. #uist
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Always someone watching when you’re out and about… #machair #invertebrates
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Beautiful #Machair habitat wander yesterday at Magheragallon, west #donegal. The dunes are showing off! #invertebrates
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A blue butterfly, wings closed, sits beside a white clover flower.
Common blue #butterfly was flitting around the honey scented clover. #uist #machair
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Tiny little blue and white forget me not growing on stony ground
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Flowers in a protected area of machair on Berneray
Wildflower meadow or machair as it is known.
#Berneray #OuterHebrides #Scotland #Machair #Bloomscrolling
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Wild flowers and grasses
Wild flowers and grass
The back garden has become a sea of wild flowers
Really happy with how it looks without doing any planting.
#machair #Skye #wildflowers
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This picture is from the ground level looking through the flowers in the grass out to sea and the blue sky above.
Another lovely close up of the machair flowers. Imagine you are on a Scottish Hebridean island on a beautiful sunny afternoon and you can take a picnic and nap looking out to sea from the floral covered grass by the coast. #Scotland #Photography #Flowers #Machair #Hebrides #Islands #Coast
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The grass for two thirds of the picture is covered in white clover and buttercups. There is a small cottage in the middle distance and hills beyond that. The sky above is blue.
Just love springtime when you can walk along flower covered machair. Here on the isle of Berneray. #Scotland #Photography #Berneray #Islands #Hebrides #Springtime #Machair #Flowers #Hills #NorthUist
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Irelands most endangered species, the Great Yellow Bumblebee queen. Video taken on the Mullet Peninsula, Mayo with @wildtee.bsky.social on 15 June 2023.
#Bombusdistinguendus
#Machair #Nativebees #Irishbiodiversity #Bumblebees #EU #Bumblebee #Conservation #seminaturalgrassland #endangeredspecies
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A ground view as if lying down in the grass of the grass and various delicate flowers showing as yellow and purples amidst the green. The grass is the coast and beyond is the bright blue sea on a sunny day.
To all Mothers, givers of life, we salute you. Imagine lying amidst the flowers in the machair grass by the sea on a Scottish island enjoying the warm sunshine. Have a lovely Sunday. #Scotland #LandscapePhotography #MothersDay #Islands #Hebrides #Machair #Flowers #Coast
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Time for Machair again.
Not idyllic, not managed much, no 'country pursuits', endlessly by the sea where you can breathe, where the Corncrake crecks & the rare Great Yellow bumblebee still buzzes. Missed!
#Machair #SouthUist #OuterHebrides #GreatYellowBumblebee
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A bushy, blooming patch of wildflowers fills the foreground of this photograph, the small flowers with four or five petals range from white to lavender purple in color. They are clustered on bright green stems with slim, oblong leaves. Beyond the wildflowers, a white sand beach stretches to a strip of foamy white ocean water in a bay. To each side, you can see deep green mountains, thick with vegetation, enclosing the bay. The sky is bright blue with soft, fluffy white and grey clouds scattered above the horizon. This photo was taken at Calgary Bay Beach on the Isle of Mull in Scotland by Taralei Griffin in July 2023.
Can’t help but dream of beaches when the weather’s as cold and gloomy as it is today…
here’s a bright shot from my visit to Calgary Bay on the Isle of Mull.
#photography #TravelPhotography #Scotland #IsleOfMull #CalgaryBay #beach #wildflowers #machair #WhiteSand #ArtInNature #beauty
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A great simile for happiness must be like 'cows in the machair' or better still, 'Claire in the machair'!
In late June 2013 I spent many glorious days & hours there among the rich flora, rasping & never seen Corncrake, happy coos & my ever present loud attendant Oystercatcher.
#SouthUist #machair
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Meanwhile the #Atlantic continues to create spectacular displays on the rocky coastline. Cattle graze on an exposed dune indifferent to all. Despite severe wind erosion & undesirable human impact, ancient stable surfaces & associated #middens still survive in this exceptional #machair landscape
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A roasting tin full of pale potatoes it’s melted duck fat and saffron.
On a wooden board, a heap of parsnip peelings with a sharp knife and a peeler. A white basin is full of water covering trimmed parsnips.
The cover of Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course
#machair potatoes parboiled then into the oven in duck fat & saffron - Mum was v proud of her crispy roast potatoes. Parsnips peeled & stored in the fridge. I’ve consulted the oracle on exactly how long to cook the duck. #Christmas # lunch
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#NorthUist has stunning #machair and equally beautiful exposed rocky shorelines. Juliet's ceramics are hugely inspired by our time spent on Scotland's amazing and varied coast. Here she and my younger daughter are after a swim in a special large natural swimming pool.
www.julietmacleod.com
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