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Traditional
crofting methods have enabled a range of habitats to be sustained,
which are very diverse botanically and particularly valuable for
wildlife. They provide a dazzling display of floral colour throughout
Shetland, in the summer months, with beautiful hanging gardens
of sea pink and white campion along the coastal edge and hidden
botanical delights in the wet marshes and meadows. Undisturbed
by modern methods of cultivation, they also support a rich variety
of wildlife. A multitude of bird species inhabit the meadows and
shoreline, with oystercatchers, ringed plover and whimbrel common.
Other species, including rare migrants, are of interest to the
dedicated ornithologist. |
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