Stubbers Green Bog

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Stubbers Green Bog
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location West Midlands
Grid reference SK040019
InterestBiological
Area3.0 hectares
Notification 1986
Location map English Nature

Stubbers Green Bog (grid reference SK046016 ) is a 3.0 hectares (7.4 acres) biological site of Special Scientific Interest at Stubbers Green, in the West Midlands, England. Following a public campaign in 1985, [1] the site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is currently managed by Walsall Council.

A 1939 drawing, Stubbers Green Pool, Walsall Wood, by Theodore Garman, is in the Garman Ryan Collection at The New Art Gallery Walsall. [2]

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References

  1. "Our History | the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country".
  2. "Stubbers Green Pool, Walsall Wood". Gallery catalogue. The New Art Gallery Walsall . Retrieved 19 May 2013. Accession number 1973.121.GR (deep linking not possible)