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- ↑ "Black Bog". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- 1 2 "Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in Northern Ireland" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ↑ "Black Bog Ramsar site". NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ↑ Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS). Black Bog (PDF). Ramsar. May 2005.