Mere Flats Holt - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.42999, -1.23652
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Stockyard Truck Stop 138m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Stockyard Truck Stop 138m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Doorstep WalkWalking route▾
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 674Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route70 m▾
Named routeLength 70 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route532 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 532 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,487 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,487 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwiftApus apus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · 2-spot Ladybird
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Southern Marsh-orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Canterbury-bells · Bee Orchid · Yorkshire-fog +6
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2023
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
- Canterbury-bellsCampanula medium
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,487 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwiftApus apus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · 2-spot Ladybird
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Southern Marsh-orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Canterbury-bells · Bee Orchid · Yorkshire-fog +6
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2023
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
- Canterbury-bellsCampanula medium
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
PotatoSolanum tuberosum2023PotatoSolanum tuberosum2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023ElderSambucus nigra2022ElderSambucus nigra2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Events & activities nearby
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