Crofters are concerned that swarming geese will damage the machair.
MORE than 40 angry crofters at a Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) meeting on Uist have accused the Scottish Government of ignoring the threat by swarming geese to crofters and the acclaimed machair habitat.
Sam MacDonald, who chairs the North Uist branch of the SCF, said: ‘This is not a sudden or new occurrence. Crofters have long been warning of the escalating geese numbers and the effect it has on crofting, and therefore on the machair habitat.