North Uist is an Island in the Outer Hebrides / Western Isles of Scotland. It has mountains, moorlands and pristine white beaches as well as a wide range of wildlife. Perhaps most impressive, it has the superb machair which is a grassland area alongside the western coastline which consists of extensive natural and ancient meadow covered with wild flowers: it supports many species of birds and it is beautiful.
I spent a very enjoyable week on North Uist in early June 2023 and displayed below are some of the photographs from the trip.
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Corncrake singing in the machair
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Corncrake calling in the machair
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Curlew
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Shorteared owl in flight
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Shorteared owl perched on a post
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Shorteared owl on a barbed wire fence
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Redhank after bathing
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Ringed plover after bathing
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Lapwing after bathing
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Dunlin feeding on the seashore
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A flock of dunlin feeding
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Skylark with a mouthful of insects
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Skylark over machair with insects
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Skylark searching for its nest of chicks in the machair
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Skylark returning with insects to its nest in the machair
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Red deer stag in velvet