Oxton Bogs, Oxton, Notts.
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Oxton Bogs, Oxton, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 4 Jan 2015
With a track on land that belongs to Beanford Farm just a metre or so behind the photographer this is a view across the most southerly lake in the Oxton Bogs wetlands area. Beanford Lane, and the wooded area through which this lane passes, is situated 100 metres to the right. The surface area occupied by the wetlands area is reported to be 1.6 ha (4 acres). Appendix D (Sites of Importance to Nature Conservation) in the Newark & Sherwood District Council Local Plan - adopted March 1999 - describes this wetland area as "a site of importance for its hydrophilic plan and invertebrate communities.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.055066
Longitude
-1.083899