Stubbers Green
| Stubbers Green | |
|---|---|
 Stubber's Green Road, Aldridge | |
  Stubbers Green Location within the West Midlands | |
| OS grid reference | SK042017 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ALDRIDGE |
| Postcode district | WS9 |
| Dialling code | 01922 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Stubbers Green or Stubber's Green is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands county of England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Walsall and lies inbetween the settlements of Rushall and Shelfield and the town of Aldridge. Stubbers Green Bog and Swan Pool and The Swag are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the area. Quarrying has taken place.[1]
Stubbers Green Bog
[edit]Stubbers Green Bog is a privately owned 3-hectare (7-acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest.[2] Following a public campaign in 1985,[3] the site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. There is a pool in a depression likely caused by subsidence from coal mining. Two drainage ditches connected to the pool help replenish the water level. Around part of the pool is a mire consisting of a water-logged area of peat and sphagnum moss overlain by common cottongrass, bog pondweed, common spike-rush, common fleabane and rushes. Walsall Council report this habitat type as rare in England, though the site's ecological value is described as "uncertain", owing to pressure from invasive scrub of goat willow and sallow. There is no public access.[4]
A 1939 drawing, Stubbers Green Pool, Walsall Wood, by Theodore Garman, is in the Garman Ryan Collection at The New Art Gallery Walsall.[5]
Swan Pool and The Swag
[edit]Swan Pool and The Swag is a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest. The site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.[6] Beneath Stubbers Green Road a culvert links Swan Pool with another pool known as The Swag. A book published in 1987 says the pools were a "nationally important swallow roost",[7] however, Walsall Council suggest this is no longer the case.[8] Common snipe and jack snipe spend the winter nearby and shelter in the reed beds. Western Yellow Wagtails roost at The Swag in autumn. The banks of both pools are publicly accessible.[8] Aldridge Sailing Club, a Royal Yachting Association recognised centre has facilties at The Swag.[9][10] In May 2020, about 100 dead fish were found floating on The Swag. The Environment Agency thought the incident may have been the result of hot weather and a lack of rainfall,[11] but an investigation by Walsall Council found reduced oxygen levels caused by a blocked inlet.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thandi, Gurdip (21 June 2024). "Quarry plan sparks "20 years of suffering" fears". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Stubbers Green Bog SSSI". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Our History | the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country".
- ^ "Stubbers Green Bog | Walsall Council". go.walsall.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "Swan Pool & The Swag SSSI". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ Smyth, Bob (1987). City Wildspace. London: Hilary Shipman. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-948096-06-8.
- ^ a b "Swan Pool and the Swag". walsall.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "About | Aldridge Sailing Club". aldridgesc.org.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ "Aldridge Sailing Club | Where's My Nearest". find.rya.org.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ Regen, Charlotte (28 May 2020). "Investigation after 100 fish spotted gasping for air die in pool". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Regen, Charlotte (29 May 2020). "Mystery solved after 100 fish die in pool at beauty spot". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
