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Traditional fallow croft field strip on the machair, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Traditional extensive croft field strip on the machair at RSPB Balranald, North Uist, showing a fallow strip which is left uncultivated. Note how wildlfowers including the red Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) have been left rather than killed by herbicides.
08 August 2017
Croft field strips and fallow on the machair, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Traditional extensive croft field strips on the machair at RSPB Balranald, North Uist, showing strip fields of mixed barley and oats, and a fallow section on the right. Note how wildlfowers have been left rather than killed by herbicides, which provides nectar for insects and seeds for birds.
08 August 2017
Ragged Robin, Fetlar
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Shetland - Fetlar
Hay meadow with Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi), Aithbank, Fetlar. Traditional extensive methods of farming support greater biodiversity than more intensive methods such as monoculture.
