The Bay at the back of the ocean and Machair,Island of Iona,Isle of Mull,highlands,Western Scotland,UK.

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Machair is a Gaelic word that describes an extensive low-lying fertile plain. Almost half of all Scottish machair occurs in the Outer Hebrides and it is one of the rarest habitat types in Europe."Machair" is so important in ecological and conservational terms, that it has now become a recognised scientific term. Different authorities give the term different definitions: a type of sand dune pasture that is subject to local cultivation and has developed in wet and windy conditions; or the whole system, from the beach to where the sand encroaches onto peat further inland.

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Location: The Bay at the back of the ocean,Island of Iona,Isle of Mull,highlands,Western Scotland,UK.
Photo credit: © Neil Dangerfield / Alamy / Afripics
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