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Wat Tyler Country Park

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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51.55463, 0.50246

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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
🅿️Pitsea Station 94m away — 4 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
🅿️Pitsea Station 94m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Lapwing, Avocet, Grey Heron +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates; Insects — Shrill Carder Bee, Southern Migrant Hawker, Ruddy Darter +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Terminus Drivepublic footpath · 97 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 97 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

51 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16 (proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route181 m

Named routeRef 13Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route934 m

Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 13Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

34,083 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

34,083 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Chaffinch · Robin · Greylag Goose · Lapwing +67

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
CootFulica atra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

34,083 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Chaffinch · Robin · Greylag Goose · Lapwing +67

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
CootFulica atra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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