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The island is mostly Catholic. Its east coast is mountainous, the north east being a National Nature Reserve with birdlife including greylag geese, mute swans and hen harriers. The west is machair with a continuous sandy beach, the north west being a firing range .
Attractions on the island include the Kildonan Museum housing the sixteenth century Clanranald Stone and the ruins of the house where Flora Macdonald was born.
The main village on the island is Lochboisdale, from which ferries sail to ObanOther meanings: See Oban (disambiguation Oban An t-Oban in Gaelic) is a resort town in Argyll, Scotland with a population of around 12,000. Despite its small size, it's the largest town between Glasgow and Fort William and during the massive tourist seaso on the mainland and to Castlebay on BarraBarra Eilean Bharraigh in Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic island, and the southermost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census its usually resident population was 1,172. The Clan MacNeil has strong ties to the Isle of Barr. The island is also linked to EriskayThe Isle of Eriskay is an island of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland. It lies between South Uist and Barra and is connected to South Uist by a causeway which was opened in 2001. In the same year Eriskay became the ferry terminal for travelling betw and BenbeculaBenbecula ( Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Faoghla meaning "the mountain of the ford") is an island of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,249. It is administratively part of the Western Isles Region. by causewayA causeway is an elevated road on elevated ground, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. A roadway that is carried instead on a system of arches or a bridge is a viaduct. In the US a brief stretch of viaduct is called an overpass. It may be cons. Smaller settlements include DaliburghDaliburgh is situated three miles inland from Lochboisdale and has the second biggest population on South Uist. Like Lochboisdale, Daliburgh has undergone major changes. The hospital built in 1894 was closed in 2000 and replaced by a facility in Benbecula and Ludag .
The flags of South Uist and Barra are very similar - they are both white Nordic Crosses on a green field.
South Uist differs from Barra in its use of a blue ‘inner’ Nordic Cross. The flag is very similar to the flag of Norway – many of the people of the Hebrides originate from the Norway of the ninth and tenth centuries. [1]