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Welcome to Black Isle Info - Continued
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This huge diversity of habitat types within such a small area - deciduous, coniferous and mixed forest, arable and livestock farmland, sand and mud flat, saltmarsh, littoral, hedgerow, moorland/heath and sea-cliff as well as the mixed habitats provided by the villages - leads to a huge diversity of flora and fauna; as many and diverse as can be found anywhere in Britain. In Autumn it can be a mycologist's heaven, if you know where to look.
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 There are no large towns on the Black Isle itself. Instead, the southern coastline is punctuated with small picturesque villages, each one in its own bay, and often hidden from the traveller by low lying hills until he is suddenly confronted by them just ahead. These villages tend to consist of tightly clustered collections of houses and other buildings, with often a huge range of ages and architectural styles, narrow lanes and twisting streets. Several of these are harbour towns. The northern coast and the inland areas have few centralised villages, and tend to have more scattered communities, with a small collection of houses indicating the core. None of them have harbours as they tend to be some distance above the shoreline, and the water offshore is too shallow. Another feature of the north coast is the appearance of churches at regular intervals as one drives through the countryside, which seem to be standing in the middle of farmland. These are Parish Churches for these scattered communities.
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 The character of the Black Isle is distinct from that of the surrounding areas. The inhabitants definitely feel it is a discrete area, and there is a feeling of common background. Due to its relative isolation, events, historically speaking, have progressed at a different rate, and often in a different direction than in other areas. As a consequence, its villages have remained relatively unspoiled, and each has retained its own individual character. That is to say each is distinct in architectural style, has its own history which its inhabitants take a pride and interest in, and has different and distinct folklore and tradition. To some extent, indeed, each village has its own dialect.
There is a huge variety of things to do on the Black Isle. You could indulge in the gentle pursuit of touring through its many country roads admiring the spectacular scenery or more energetically, perform woodland walks and rambles. Birdwatching and fossil hunting, relaxing on beaches, browsing in gift and craft shops, eating in tea rooms and restaurants, or just generally exploring - the only problem you might have is deciding between them.
A full listing of Black Isle place names can be found here.
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We hope you find the site interesting, useful and informative, and would be delighted to hear your comments or suggestions.
To contact us, email info@black-isle.info.
About Black-Isle.Info
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Photographs above and
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Andrew Dowsett.
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