Wildflowers Growing On The Machair On The Outer Hebrides Of Scotland

Wildflowers growing on the machair at Cnip, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland on 16 July 2018. Machair is a Gaelic word meaning fertile low lying grassy plain, one of the rarest habitats in Europe. Machair only occurs on exposed western coasts of Scotland and Ireland - in the Outer Hebrides they run up the western shores of Uist, Harris and Lewis