A machair (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈmaxɪɾʲ]; sometimes machar in English) is a fertile low-lying grassy plain found on part of the northwest coastlines of Ireland and Scotland, in …

What is it? A Gaelic word meaning fertile, low-lying grassy plain, ‘machair’ refers to a unique habitat that is one of the rarest in Europe; only occurring on the exposed west-facing shores of …

Machair is one of Scotland’s most remarkable living landscapes, where people manage the land in a way that encourages wildlife. Machair is unique to the north-west of Scotland and Ireland. …

Machair is a unique and rare coastal system found only in Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland, it is found on the north west Atlantic coast, from Connemara to Donegal. Machair sites provide an …

The rare Great Yellow Bumble Bee and the unusual Belted Beauty Moth with its flightless female form are two of the most characteristic machair insects found in the Outer Hebrides.

The machair is a unique coastal grassland habitat found primarily in the northwestern parts of Scotland and Ireland, especially along the exposed western coastlines of the Isles of Lewis …

2017年4月25日 · Fertile low-lying grassy plains that are found in sections of the northwest coastlines of Ireland and Scotland are called machairs.

Machair is a coastal habitat, unique to the north west of Scotland and Ireland. In Scotland, it is found on the Atlantic coast of the mainland and on the islands of the Inner and Outer …

What is Machair? ic, meaning an extensive, low-lying fertile plain. Gaelic is not native to Orkney and Shetland but elsewhere ‘machair’ features in placenames, such as Machrihanish in …

Machair is one of the rarest habitat types in Europe and is therefore included in the Habitat directive (92/43/EWG). Estimates speak of no more than 25.000 ha of Machair grassland. It is …