Information about Machair
This article is about a geographic landform. For the TV series, see Machair (TV series)
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The Scottish Gaelic word machair or machar refers to a fertile low-lying raised beach found on the some of the coastlines of Ireland and Scotland, in particular the Outer Hebrides. Two distinct types exist:
In both cases, a machair is a former beach, left higher in elevation than the current adjacent beach following a drop in sea level.
Machairs largely owe their fertility to the fact their sand has a high seashell content- sometimes as high as 90%. This sand is blown inland, adding to the fertility of the grassland.
Machairs have received considerable ecological and conservational attention, chiefly because of their unique ecosystems. They can house rare carpet flowers, such as Irish Lady's Tresses, orchids and Yellow Rattle,[1] along with a diverse array of bird species including the corn crake, twite, dunlin, redshank and ringed plover, as well as rare insects such as the northern colletes bee. Some machairs are threatened by erosion caused by rising sea levels as well as by recreational use of vicinity beaches.
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The machair on Berneray, Outer Hebrides
- A type of sand-dune pasture, subject to agricultural cultivation, which prevails in wet and windy conditions;
- The land between a beach and the area where sand encroaches on peat bogs further inland.
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The machair on Berneray
Machairs largely owe their fertility to the fact their sand has a high seashell content- sometimes as high as 90%. This sand is blown inland, adding to the fertility of the grassland.
Machairs have received considerable ecological and conservational attention, chiefly because of their unique ecosystems. They can house rare carpet flowers, such as Irish Lady's Tresses, orchids and Yellow Rattle,[1] along with a diverse array of bird species including the corn crake, twite, dunlin, redshank and ringed plover, as well as rare insects such as the northern colletes bee. Some machairs are threatened by erosion caused by rising sea levels as well as by recreational use of vicinity beaches.
Endnotes
Machair was a Scottish Gaelic television soap opera made by SMG Productions (Scottish Television) between August 1992 and September 1996 and broadcast in Scotland by the British television company ITV.
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Scottish Gaelic}}}
Official status
Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gà idhlig
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla
Scottish Gaelic (GÃ idhlig
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Official status
Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gà idhlig
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla
Scottish Gaelic (GÃ idhlig
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raised beach is an emergent coastal landform. Raised beaches are beaches or wave cut platforms raised above the shore line by a relative fall in the sea level. This could be due to an actual fall in the water level such as may be caused by the partial draining of a lake or a river
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coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. A coastline is properly a line on a map indicating the disposition of a coast, but the word is often used to refer to the coast itself.
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Ireland
Éire
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Northwest of continental Europe with Great Britain to the east.
Geography <nowiki/>
Location Western Europe <nowiki />
Archipelago
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Éire
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Northwest of continental Europe with Great Britain to the east.
Geography <nowiki/>
Location Western Europe <nowiki />
Archipelago
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"
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Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"
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Na h-Eileanan Siar
(The Western Isles)
Location
Geography
Area Ranked 7th
- Total 3,071 km²
- % Water ?
Admin HQ Stornoway
(Steòrnabhagh)
GB-ELS
ONS code 00RJ
Demographics
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(The Western Isles)
Location
Geography
Area Ranked 7th
- Total 3,071 km²
- % Water ?
Admin HQ Stornoway
(Steòrnabhagh)
GB-ELS
ONS code 00RJ
Demographics
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dune is a hill of sand built by eolian processes. Dunes are subject to different forms and sizes based on their interaction with the wind. Most kinds of dune are longer on the windward side where the sand is pushed up the dune, and a shorter "slip face" in the lee of the wind.
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Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses.
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Agriculture (from Agri Latin for ager ("a field"), and culture, from the Latin cultura "cultivation" in the strict sense of "tillage of the soil". A literal reading of the English word yields "tillage of the soil of a field".
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beach, or strand, is a geological landform consisting of loose rock particles - such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble - or even shell fragments, along the shoreline of a body of water.
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bog is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material. The term peat bog in common usage is not entirely redundant, although it would be proper to call these sphagnum bogs
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beach, or strand, is a geological landform consisting of loose rock particles - such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble - or even shell fragments, along the shoreline of a body of water.
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shell is a hard, rigid outer layer, which has evolved in a very wide variety of different animals, including mollusks, sea urchins, crustaceans, turtles and tortoises, armadillos, etc.
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Ecology (also known as Oekologie, Okology, or Oekology[1],from Greek: οίκος, oikos, "household"; and λόγος, logos
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Conservation biology, or conservation ecology, is the science of analyzing and protecting Earth's biological diversity. Conservation biology draws from the biological, physical and social sciences, economics, and the practice of natural-resource management.
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ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all the non-living physical factors of the environment.
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A rare species is an organism which is very uncommon or scarce. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and may be distinct from the term "endangered" or "threatened species".
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Spiranthes
Rich., 1817
Type species
Ophrys spiralis = Spiranthes spiralis
(L.) Chevall. 1827
Species
See text.
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Rich., 1817
Type species
Ophrys spiralis = Spiranthes spiralis
(L.) Chevall. 1827
Species
See text.
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Orchidaceae
Juss.
Subfamilies
Orchidaceae, also called the Orchid family, is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae).
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Subfamilies
- Apostasioideae
- Cypripedioideae
- Epidendroideae
- Orchidoideae
- Vanilloideae
Orchidaceae, also called the Orchid family, is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae).
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Rhinanthus
Species: R. minor
Binomial name
Rhinanthus minor
L.
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Species: R. minor
Binomial name
Rhinanthus minor
L.
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Crex
Species: C. crex
Binomial name
Crex crex
Linnaeus, 1758
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Species: C. crex
Binomial name
Crex crex
Linnaeus, 1758
Yellow = Breeding range
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C. flavirostris
Binomial name
Carduelis flavirostris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Twite, Carduelis flavirostris, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
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Binomial name
Carduelis flavirostris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Twite, Carduelis flavirostris, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
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C. alpina
Binomial name
Calidris alpina
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Erolia alpina
The Dunlin, Calidris or Erolia alpina, is a small wader.
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Binomial name
Calidris alpina
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Erolia alpina
The Dunlin, Calidris or Erolia alpina, is a small wader.
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Redshank can refer to:
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- Two species of birds:
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
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C. hiaticula
Binomial name
Charadrius hiaticula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula is a small plover.
Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35-41 cm wingspan.
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Binomial name
Charadrius hiaticula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula is a small plover.
Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35-41 cm wingspan.
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C. floralis
Binomial name
Colletes floralis
Eversmann, 1852
The Northern Colletes (Colletes floralis) is a species of bee within the genus Colletes.
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Binomial name
Colletes floralis
Eversmann, 1852
The Northern Colletes (Colletes floralis) is a species of bee within the genus Colletes.
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Erosion is displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as, wind, water, or ice by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity or by living organisms (in the case of bioerosion).
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