Machrihanish Dunes

Machrihanish Dunes
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Monday, 19 July 2010

Scottish Natural Heritage's visit July


Ian Jardine the Chief executive of SNH along with Stan Phillips and Andrew Campbell (also from SNH) visited the Dunes recently. We gave them a full tour concentrating on how the build of the golf course has had so little impact on a huge proportion of the site - currently a number of orchids and other wild flowers are in bloom giving the roughs a beautiful colour - even the wild thyme on the fairways survives due to the restricted heights of cut - giving them a purple look which is different but very much playable!!! Stan visits us regularly - giving us advice and helping us protect and enhance the SSSI where ever we can. The picture shows us looking at Frog orchids close to a bunker on 16.

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