Max Bog

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Max Bog
Area of Search Avon
Grid Reference ST406574
Interest Biological
Area 10.6 hectare
Notification 1988
Location Map English Nature

Max Bog (grid reference ST406574) is a 10.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of the village of Winscombe, North Somerset, notified in 1988.

The site is owned by North Somerset Council and managed by the Avon Wildlife Trust for the range of wetland plants that it supports.

It is home to Yellow Rattle, Marsh Helleborine, Fragrant Orchid, Meadow Sweet and Meadow Thistle. The reserve is also important for its invertebrate interest and is home to many species of moth, grasshopper and dragonfly.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Max Bog. Reserves. Avon Wildlife Trust. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.

[edit] See also

  • Yanal Bog, a similar SSSI to the northeast of Max Bog

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Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon
Ashton Court • Avon Gorge • Banwell Caves • Biddle Street, Yatton • Bishop's Hill Wood • Blagdon Lake • Bodkin Hazel Wood • Brockley Hall Stables • Brown's Folly • Burledge Sidelands and Meadows • Burrington Combe • Chew Valley Lake • Cleaves Wood • Cleeve Wood, Hanham • Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines • Compton Martin Ochre Mine • Congrove Field and The Tumps • Dolebury Warren • Ellenborough Park West • Folly Farm • Goblin Combe • Gordano Valley • Harptree Combe • Hawkesbury Meadow • Hinton Charterhouse Field • Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton • Iford Manor • King's Wood and Urchin Wood • Long Dole Wood and Meadows • Lower Woods • Max Bog • Middle Hope • Midger • Monkswood Valley • Plaster's Green Meadows • Purn Hill • Puxton Moor • Severn Estuary • Shiplate Slait • St. Catherine's Valley • Steep Holm • Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors • Uphill Cliff • Upton Coombe • Walton Common • Weston Big Wood  • Yanal Bog


Neighbouring areas: Gloucestershire • Somerset • Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51.31260° N 2.85363° W


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