Botcheston Bog

{{Short description|UK Site of Special Scientific Interest}} {{coord| 52.637| -1.284 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Botcheston Bog 2.jpg |image_caption = |name= Botcheston Bog |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SK 485 046}}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert|2.9|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003405%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Botcheston Bog''' is a {{convert| 2.9 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] near [[Botcheston]], west of [[Leicester]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003405&SiteName=botch&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Botcheston Bog | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 3 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003405%27|title=Map of Botcheston Bog|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 3 December 2017}}</ref>

This grazed marsh on [[peat]]y soil is dominated by [[carnation sedge]], [[Juncus inflexus|hard rush]], [[Agrostis stolonifera|creeping bent]] and [[Filipendula ulmaria|meadowsweet]]. Other plants include several which are rare in the county.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003405.pdf |title=Botcheston Bog citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 3 December 2017}}</ref>

The site is private land with no public access.

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