Scotland's coastal meadows, called machair, have been mapped by scientists. The shell-rich dune grasslands are found on the Hebrides and parts of Orkney, Shetland and the north west Highland coast.

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The map had been created in the 1970s at the behest of Jan Tomasik, a former sergeant in the Polish army. It was built over the course of several summers as a thank you to Scotland for its ...

Scotland's coastal meadows, called machair, have been mapped by scientists. The shell-rich dune grasslands are found on the Hebrides and parts of Orkney, Shetland and the north west Highland coast.