Flodday_near_Vatersay

Flodday near Vatersay

Flodday near Vatersay

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For other places with the same name, see Flodday.
Not to be confused with Flodday, Sound of Barra.

Flodday (Scottish Gaelic: Flodaigh) is an uninhabited island, south west of Barra in the Western Islands of Scotland.

Flodday (nearest island), viewed from Vatersay.

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Geography and geology

Flodday is one of the Barra Isles, lying one mile (1.5 kilometres) west of Sandray. It consists of three parts, with a natural rock arch between the larger two. Facing west there are black cliffs.[3]

Wildlife

The island has a small grey seal colony and is home to a subspecies of the dark green fritillary butterfly (Argynnis aglaja scotica).[3]

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. [2]
    National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. [4]
    Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.

56.89865°N 7.56704°W / 56.89865; -7.56704


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