
Rolling the machair after ploughing demonstration - Machair LIFE+ Conserving Scottish Machair LIFE+ staff (Angus Ferguson) demonstrating project equipment at Balr***d township in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

20110601 LOB11 - The Machair A video from the Learning on the Beach conference 2011 in Mulranny, County Mayo, Ireland

A spot of baggin in Tiree Marks takes steven,colin and i for a spot of baggin on barrapol machair

Mr Boa Spots Girl On Berneray With No Legs Mr Boa spots girl with no legs feeding a sheep on Berneray Machair...and survives

a tredmill tern into a machair magical

On the Beach in Machir Bay, Isle of Islay One of the best beaches on Islay is probably Machir Bay on the west coast. This video filmed in April 2012 with a GoPro Hero2 hopefully provides some unusual perspectives and new views. It covers most of the beach, starting from the arrival through the dunes. Then we walk and jog all the way from the north to the south with a few stops. These include the old wreck on the beach and the rocks towards the southern end. It might get a bit wet at times, don't be surprised.

The Selkie Bride - Matthew Dickson The Selkie Bride. A Scottish Folktale. Long ago on an island at the northern edge of the world, there lived a fisherman called Neil MacCodrum. He lived all alone in a stone croft where the moorland meets the shore, with nothing but the guillemots for company and the stirring of the sand among the shingle for song. But in the long winter evenings he would sit by the peat-fire and watch the blue smoke curling up to the roof, and his eyes looked far and far away as if he was looking into another country. And sometimes, when the wind rustled the bent-grass on the machair, he seemed to hear a soft voice sighing his name. One spring evening, the men of the clachan were bringing their boats full of herring into shore. They swung homeward with glad hearts, and their wives lit the rushlights, so that the wide world dwindled to a warm quiet room. Neil MacCodrum was the last to drag his boat up the shingle and hoist the creel of fish upon his back. He stood a while watching the seabirds fly low towards the headland, their wings dark against the evening sky, then turned to trudge up the shingle to the croft on the machair. It was as he turned he saw something move in the shadows of the rocks. A glimmer of white and then - he heard it between birds' cries - high laughter like silver. He set down the creel, and with careful steps he neared the rocks, hardly daring to breathe, and hid behind the largest one. And then he saw them - seven girls with long flowing hair, *** and white as ...

Tiree Machair Anna, Shona & Isla going back to the bus from the beach

Kirkibost - Wiki Article Kirkibost is a low-lying island west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Geography Kirkibost, along with neighbouring Baleshare, is covered by a machair system of coastal plains covered ... Kirkibost - Wiki Article - Original @ http All Information Derived from Wikipedia using Creative Commons License: Author: Nilfanion Image URL: Licensed under:Creative Commons ASA 3.0, Creative Commons License Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported This work is in the public domain in the United States. Author: See above. Image URL: Licensed under:Creative Commons ASA 3.0, This work is in the public domain in the United States.

Ferry to Berneray, off North Uist, from Leverburgh, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland It's an eleven mile trip to Berneray, an island of about 10 sq km and around 130 inhabitants. In 1999, it was joined to North Uist, its southerly neighbouring island, by a causeway. This improved travel to the island, employment prospects and the carriage of produce, such as crabs and lobsters. Yum yum. The causeway contains culverts that allow the easy passage of otters and fish from one side to the other. There are also big signs on the road asking drivers to look out for otters crossing. A key feature of Berneray is its machair - a coastal plain made up of windblown shell sand.

Erosion of the machair What steps the people here are taking to prevent the seemingly inevitable erosion Oh and it's a gabion cage and I don't know where I got man utd from, it seems he's a west ham player?

Kilpheder Machair ~ sand blow fencing. A Changing Climate - The team - from GalGael, Sunny Govan, North Ayrshire and Govanhill set to work to strengthen sea defences in Kilpheder ~ an area at risk of being lost to the sea if work isn't completed fairly quickly. This video may be used as a 'how to' for groups who wish to learn more about how sand-blow fencing can protect the land. Created on September 25, 2011 using FlipShare.

lochanside From Tich Frier's new cd "Shanghaied" "Lochanside" Lochanside (Tune McLellan; words and arrangement Jim Malcolm MCPS PRS; pub Malcolm) Lyrics Come the winter, cold and dreary Brings the hawk down from the high scree to the whins where snowy hares hide All around the Lochanside Come the spring the land lies weary Till the sun shines out so cheery Brings the bloom, for all of June¹s pride All around the Lochanside If you'd been you¹d have seen the scatter O the peezies o¹er the machair When above the tawny owl glides All around the Lochanside And the heron he comes a-creeping Through the rashes so green and dreeping to the pool where wily trout slide All around the Lochanside Aye if you ever have a reason To be here in any season Come and try the barley bree in Round the fire on Lochanside Summer time the fish are louping Dippers in the burnies couping Swallows fly from dawn til evens-tide All around the Lochanside By the autumn the pinks are winging Blaeberries o¹er the moors are hanging Salmon through the surging spate fight All around the Lochanside If ye¹d been ye¹d have seen the scatter O the peezies o¹er the machair When above the tawny owl glides All around the Lochanside Aye if you ever have a reason To be here in any season Come and try the barley bree in Round the fire on Lochanside Aye if you ever have a notion To be welcomed with devotion Travel home o¹er any ocean To be here on Lochanside

A TRIP TO THE UIST ISLANDS IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES # 2 LES & GRAHAMS TRIP TO THE UIST ISLANDS. South Uist has over 20 miles of brilliant white shell beaches running continuously down the west coast. The incredible machair lands and dunes alongside these beaches are brimming with flowers and wildlife such as corncrakes and otters. Long and linear, the east coast of South Uist is composed of fjordic inlets and bays. The Loch Druidibeg Nature reserve is a fantastic day out on a crisp winter's day.

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Rabbits on the Machair (92) No rabbits, I repeat... NO real rahbbits were used in any dubious experiments in the making of this video...none were chased, run over or even spotted... I wonder why ?... any resemblance to any known rahbbit is purely a coincidental freak event... Concept and lyrics by Axel Campbell, other mad bits by Karl Random (well what do you expect), starring Mary Carrillo, Alan Fergus, and the original smashed car ! Alan and Axel on guitars and Karl does some mirror image vocals... Recorded June 92

big bad john in kildonan machair with the jcb 805 ditching

Scottish Television Weather & Junction December 20th 1994 Scottish TV Weather with Lloyd Quinan. Adverts for the Co-op and Tennents included. Ident leading into Scottish TV's Gaelic drama - Machair. Announcer - Nick Dixon Copyright - STV Group

00210 Noisy North Uist three-legged race July 23 2011.mp4 Noisy three-legged race on Saturday night after the Barbecue at Sollas Week in North Uist. At the marquee at the Malaclete machair. July 23, 2011

Ness Machair A pan of the coast at Habost on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

corn02.MOV Bisset binder finishing off on Tigharry machair September 2011

Iona - A'Machair (Live/1990) Iona - A'Machair (Uploaded from VHS copy). Recorded in Holland in 1990 for EO Broadcast Company, Hilversum. This concert was for a CCM series called 'Highlight' (that evening we shared the stage with BB & CC Winans & their amazing band!). Dave Bainbridge (Keyboards/Guitars), David Fitzgerald (Saxophones/Flutes), Joanne Hogg (Keyboards), Nick Beggs (Chapman Stick/Bass), Frank Van Essen (Drums/Percussion). This recording has now been digitally remastered & is part of a DVD release entitled 'IONA', on the Open Sky Records label & distributed worldwide by Voiceprint. There are 8 live tracks in total on this DVD, which includes amazing film footage with stunning views of Iona and The Isle Of Mull. There are also a number of interviews with current members of Iona at that time. For more information please visit (for Japan - The Music Plant: ).

Scottish Television Junction before ITN News - Monday 20th December 1993 Following the end of a Take Five promo for Gaelic drama Machair, Brian Ford introduces the ITN News Headlines at 3.20pm. Copyright - STV Group

Running The Edge - Running the Edge The 1995 Western Isles Efamol Challenge involved three days of cyling, canoeing and running over the roughest of terrain in the most westerly part of Europe. Believed to be the toughest race in the UK, it started on Eriskay (the island where Bonnie Prince Charlie landed to lead the Jacobite rebellion in 1745). Competing teams in the Western Isles Challenge had to canoe from Eriskay to South Uist and then opt to run or cyle across the Machair. And that was just Day One!

Sanday Naturebreak UK takes a break in Orkney and explores the beautiful beaches and the Machair for its unique wildlife

Speaking Our Language- Episode 55 part 1 - Holidays In this episode, the first of the forth and final series, we learn about money, clothes and numbers. Presented by Rhoda MacDonald with Cathy MacDonald and Karen Matheson.

A TRIP TO THE UIST ISLANDS IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES #3 LES AND GRAHAMS TRIP ON THE UIST ISLANDS, North Uist is a stunning blend of beaches, machair lands and freshwater lochs interrupted by rolling dark moorland hills. Running 13 miles North to South it takes roughly 45 miles to travel around the whole island. The West coast looks out to the beautiful small Isle of Vallay which can be reached at low tide and is home to a foreboding deserted mansion house. To the North, the charming island of Berneray, home to an active, friendly community and HRH Prince Charles' favourite island, is where the ferry arrives from Harris, and is now linked to North Uist by causeway.

runrig --- cearcall a' chuain [ the ocean's cycle] we are all on an ocean steering a course through life sailing a dark vessel lost in the grasp of the ocean the wind is astern the boat forging ahead and time and the sea makes no sense to us at all the sea is calm it is wild,it is vast it is beautiful,it is mysterious it is vengeful and deep o,but we, are blind and all we have is life raise the sail,lift the oars til we get up speed i intend ,i do intend when the sun is sinking down to be seen steering a westerly course on the ocean's cycle to uist o the oceans cycle forever i'll be turning to take me back to the pole machair in the west where the day has dawned

Neil's Machair Our friend Neil is a thatcher on NorthUist and has got a fabulous web site www.highland- . He cuts the grass from the machair and here is a short clip of the beach. Some people complain about a tough day at the office!

A TRIP TO THE UIST ISLANDS IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES. THE UIST ISLANDS ARE SPRINKLED WITH FRESHWATER LOCHS, FLOWERY MACHAIR AND BEAUTIFUL BEACHES. AN ABUNDANCE OF WILDLIFE AND HISTORICAL SITES MAKE THIS PLACE WORTH A CLOSER LOOK SO JOIN LES AND GRAHAM ON THERE TRIP AROUND THE UIST ISLANDS.

Over the sea to Barra - a recumbent trike in the Outer Hebrides Part of a recumbent trike ride south via Eriskay to the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, then camping on the machair near Barra beach airport. Gaelic music is 'Beo an Duil' used with the kind permission of Uist band, Bi Beo. It's a song for exiles across the world, who long and dream of returning home and the tranquillity this thought gives to their heart.

Crooked Jack Machair folk at the session in Ezinge doing Crooked Jack.

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Westward Bound-A pictorial tour of Western Scotland I took a 15 day Island Rover Ticket with Caledonian McBrayne at the end of June 2009. I visited Arran,the Mull of Kintyre,Islay,Oban,Mull,the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Skye. These are just a few of the many pictures i took. Gracious thanks for the accompanying music by Moby goes to . The two tracks featured are 'Look back In' from Album 18,and Blue Paper from the Album 'Hotel-Ambient'.

Skerryvore--The Ginger Grouse Jigs Skerryvore with the Ginger Grouse Jigs from there 2007 Album On The Road. The Isle Of Tiree sits right on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean But its right at the heart of west coast scottish music. Skerryvore join a long line of terrific musicians from the tiny Island, A band that will have you Kicking up your Heels on the dance floor till way after dark .Reeling on the machair till early hours and drinking Drams.

Another shot of the machair Another look at the machair from another angle and also showcasing how lazy I must be. The reason I didn't get out of the car is that the roads on Uist are single track and I was blocking one of the more busy ones. Down with silage bails

God's Machair Pray for this wilderness

sesh in the machair bogged in the machair on sat nyt

Kieren Jones-Machair Man Life on the Uists with our Man on the Machair, Kieren Jones

The beach and erosion problems Another video about the machair, where does it begin? What defines it? Why the Hebrides are so pretty

Cropped Machair on South Uist As BTCV's Natural Talent Machair apprentice I felt I should at least show people what I have been doing during the last 14 months on the Outer Hebrides. Apologies in advance of all the "eeeehs" and "umms"

F. MacDonald + Archie Ormiclate Albion reaper.AVI Harvest at Ormiclate, South Uist, Hebrides on an Albion binder