Flora

Primula scotica (Scottish Primrose, but never called this locally)

The present flora of Orkney is the result of the geology, climate, and actions of humans, birds and animals since the retreat of the ice over 10,000 years ago. The fertile soil resulting from the underlying rocks, glacial till and wind-blown sand would have soon received seeds from Britain and further afield by wind, sea and birds, with the result that when man first arrived the land was covered with a mixture of grassland and birch-hazel scrub.

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