Labour, the Liberals and the Nationalists slowly colonised the raised beaches left by the Tories' long decline, and proved tough as machair grass. |
On Iona, the threat is to its white sand beaches and the coastal machair which protects low-lying areas further inland. |
The machair is an internationally rare habitat that is formed when sand is blown onto peat moorland. |
This is the famous machair grassland, a rich habitat for rare birds and plants. |
On the lower ground, choose a line which leads over crofting machair land to a tractor track back to the village. |
It was two tyre ruts in the machair with a central ridge of grass and small boulders to threaten his sump. |