Barrow NE of Mere Down Farm
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.11765, -2.23574
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Peregrine
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Peregrine
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Peregrine, Skylark +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Peregrine, Skylark +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Meadow Brown +22 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Ribwort Plantain, Lady's Bedstraw +185 more · last seen 2022
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Mid Wilts WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (proposed South West)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route282 m▾
Named routeRef 25Length 282 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 25Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
View from road near Mere Down Farm at harvest time
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,820 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,820 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Skylark · Yellowhammer · Corn Bunting · Great Tit +34
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Badger · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Red Fescue · Lady's Bedstraw · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Sweet Chestnut +49
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,820 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Skylark · Yellowhammer · Corn Bunting · Great Tit +34
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Badger · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Red Fescue · Lady's Bedstraw · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Sweet Chestnut +49
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas