Morrich More

{{Short description|Area of dune grassland with wetland communities on the shore of Scotland}}

Morrich More is an extensive area of dune grassland with wetland communities,{{cite web| url=http://www.greenlandwhitefront.org/44locheye.html| title=Loch Eye, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region| publisher=Greenland White-fronted Goose Study| accessdate=23 November 2009| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120422203901/http://www.greenlandwhitefront.org/44locheye.html| archivedate=22 April 2012}} on the southern shore of the Dornoch Firth, Scotland.

Morrich More lies east of Tain, on the southern shore of the Dornoch Firth, Scotland. Offshore lie extensive areas of intertidal sandflat, including the tidal island of Innis Mhòr and the sand spit Paterson Island ({{langx|gd|Innis Bheag}}) which provide shelter.Hansom, JD and Black, SDL (1996) [http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/research/50.pdf "The Geomorphology of Morrich More: Management Prescription Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183112/http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/research/50.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} (pdf) SNH. Retrieved 29 November 2009. The area includes the most extensive area ({{convert|260|ha|sqmi|1}}) of salt marsh in the Highlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/gcrdb/GCRsiteaccount228.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008010645/http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/gcrdb/GCRsiteaccount228.pdf |archive-date=2009-10-08 |title=Morrich More |author=J.D. Hansom |website=JNCC |access-date=23 November 2009}}Road Atlas of Britain (1978) London; Bartholomew p. 87

Designations

Morrich More is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and forms part a Special Area of Conservation with Dornoch Firth.

Morrich More falls within the Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet Special Protection Area, one of the best examples of a large complex estuary in northwest Europe, relatively unaffected by industrial development.{{cite web| url=http://www.jncc.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1877| title=Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet SPA| publisher=JNCC| accessdate=23 November 2009}} Extensive sand-flats and mud-flats are backed by salt marsh and sand dunes with transitions to dune heath and Alder (Alnus glutinosa) woodland. The tidal flats support internationally important numbers of waterbirds on migration and in winter, and are the most northerly and substantial extent of intertidal habitat for wintering waterbirds in Europe.

The area is described as:{{cite web|url=http://www.morayfirth-partnership.org/mfptreasure/infozone/77.htm |title=Dornoch Firth Conservation Sites |publisher=Moray Firth Partnership |accessdate=23 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106053311/http://www.morayfirth-partnership.org/mfptreasure/infozone/77.htm |archivedate=January 6, 2009 }}

{{blockquote|one of the most outstanding coastal sites in Britain, especially noteworthy for the development of an extensive low-level sandy plain on which a set of parabolic dunes are superimposed.}}

Footnotes

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Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Ross and Cromarty

Category:Former islands of Scotland