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Description
The Monach Isles have been uninhabited since 1948. The largest islands are 2 km in length and total area at high tide 348 hectares. At low tide the 3 main islands are interconnected. In autumn up to 10,000 grey seals come ashore to pup and mate. Basking sharks and cetaceans occasionally pass by. The main vegetation is machair, a mix of grasses and 200 wildflower species growing on fertile calcareous shell sand.
In the absence of cliffs, Sjeverni zovoj breed on the sand dunes. Other breeders here are Žalar Cirikavac, Crvenonoga Prutka, Vivak, Oštrigar, Poljska Ševa, Livadna Trepetljka, Sjeverna trepteljka, Šljuka Kokošica, Arktička čigra and Kulik Blatarić. There are no trees, so the herons breed in abandoned buildings. Kameničak, Bijeli Žalar, Sivi Sokol and Kukuvija are occasional visitors, and a large flock of Sjevernomorska guska spends the winter here.
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Boat trips run from Grimsey in North Uist, or direct from Oban.