A chain of inhabited Hebridean islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, known for white-sand beaches, Gaelic culture, and machair grasslands.
Geography
The Uists comprise North Uist, Benbecula, and South Uist, linked by causeways and bridges across shallow tidal sounds. The western coast is a 100 km stretch of beach and dune-backed machair; the eastern coast is rocky and lochan-strewn.
Machair
Machair, a wildflower-rich coastal grassland on shell-sand soil, supports rare ground-nesting birds including the corn crake. The Uists hold roughly half of Scotland’s machair habitat.
Language
Scottish Gaelic remains the everyday language for roughly 60 percent of South Uist residents, one of the highest concentrations of Gaelic speakers in Scotland.
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