Island 336 - Morornish, Vallay, North Uist

Morornish is a small uninhabited tidal island lying only a few metres from the coast of Vallay and separated from it by a very narrow stretch of water.  Part of the island is salt marsh, which is dissected by deep channels.  The salt marsh was covered in thrift flowers when I visited in June 2016.  On the marginally higher parts of the island yellow irises were in flower and cotton-grass was in abundance.  The island is about 300 metres from east to west by 100 metres from north to south.

 This is the narrow gap between Moronish and Vallay - looking east

 Thrift in flower on the salt marsh