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Wat Tyler Country Park, on the southeast edge of Basildon, has new hides overlooking a productive scrape and is close to a rubbish tip which always attracts gulls. Bearded Tits breed in expanses of reed and scarcer species have been observed, including Cetti's Warbler.
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Species to be seen:
Avocet
Black Tailed Godwit
Bearded Tit
Cetti's Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Cuckoo
Firecrest
Golden Plover
Greenshank
Grey Heron
Grey plover
Lapwing
Pied Wagtail
Reed Warbler
Short Eared Owl
Snipe
Sparrowhawk
Stonechat
Water Rail
Yellow Legged Gull
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View from hide looking left
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View looking straight out from hide
Right side view from hide. Notice the abundance of reed beds
General view looking back into reed bed. Barely visible in the bottom left of this photo
is a fox asleep amongst the reeds
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Directions
Leave Southend on the A13, pass Sadler's Farm roundabout and head for Basildon. Take the A132 Pitsea road and turn left at the roundabout by Tesco. Follow this road across the railway lines to the entrance of the park. Drive for half a mile and park next to the old lifeboat on the left. The hide overlooking the scrape is directly in front of you.
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