Dorney Wetlands

Grid Reference: SU934793

Recent sightings

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
24/10/25Little GrebeDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B Crathorne
11:30
 
24/10/25ChiffchaffDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B Crathorne
11:30
Singing.  
04/10/25ChiffchaffDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River5B Crathorne
08:30
 
28/09/25Mute SwanDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River24B Crathorne
09:00
Large number for this site.  
28/09/25Cetti's WarblerDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River3B Crathorne
09:00
Singing.  
28/09/25ChiffchaffDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River5B Crathorne
09:00
Likely several more.  
14/09/25ChiffchaffDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B Crathorne
09:15
 
14/09/25Little EgretDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B Crathorne
09:15
 
14/09/25Cetti's WarblerDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River3B Crathorne
09:15
Singing.  
28/08/25Ring-necked ParakeetDorney Wetlands, Jubilee RiverS A Graham
08:30
Not a single bird all morning, appear to have dispersed across the country after the roost site was bulldozed for the M4 4th lane project.  

Latest photos

Photo of Smew at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by David Hampton on 29th January 2025.
Photo of Black-necked Swan at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Brian Clews on 4th October 2024.
Photo of Spoonbill at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by John Edwards on 18th June 2024.
Photo of Water Rail at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Stan Kujawa on 29th December 2023.
Photo of Cetti's Warbler at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Stan Kujawa on 29th December 2023.
Photo of Smew at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Graham Parkinson on 23rd October 2023.
Photo of Gadwall at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by John Edwards on 18th October 2023.
Photo of Smew at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by John Edwards on 18th October 2023.
Photo of Smew at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Jim Rose on 17th October 2023.
Photo of Smew at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Kevin Duncan on 8th October 2023.
Photo of White-rumped Sandpiper at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 22nd July 2022.
Photo of White-rumped Sandpiper at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 22nd July 2022.
Photo of Common Tern at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by John Absolom on 25th April 2019.
Photo of Common Tern at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by John Absolom on 25th April 2019.
Photo of Common Tern at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River, Berkshire. Taken by John Absolom on 25th April 2019.

Records

YearDetails
2024Spoonbill, Dorney Wetlands, first-summer, 18th June. (N Bass)
2024Hoopoe, Dorney Wetlands, 1st April. (P Martin)
2024Marsh Harrier, Dorney Wetlands, 18th March. (M Warden)
2020Garganey, Dorney Wetlands, male, 23rd March. (K Rhodes)
2019Bearded Tit, Dorney Wetlands, 2, 26th January. (J. Heal)
2018White-fronted Goose, Dorney Wetlands, 3, 26th November to 17th December. (D A Carter)
2018Great White Egret, Dorney Wetlands, 3, 1st September. (D A Carter)
2017Barnacle Goose, Dorney Wetlands, 4th September.
2017Sandwich Tern, Dorney Wetlands, 9th April.
2015Whooper Swan, Dorney Wetlands, five, 22nd November, same as QMR. (D A Carter)
2015Great White Egret, Dorney Wetlands, 24th April. (C. D. R. Heard)
2014Gannet, Dorney Wetlands, immature, 27th September. (D. A. Carter)
2014Quail, Dorney Wetlands, 13th May. (D A Carter)
2014Avocet, Dorney Wetlands, 10th April. (P. J. Newbound)
2013Bearded Tit, Dorney Wetlands, male, 5th May. (A. Cooper)
2012Quail, Dorney Wetlands, 4th-6th June. (C D R Heard, W A Stacey)
2012Bearded Tit, Dorney Wetlands, two males, 2nd February to 3rd March. (B. Clark)
2012Bewick's Swan, Dorney Wetlands, three adults and one juvenile, 2nd January. (D A Carter)
2011Honey-buzzard, Dorney Wetlands, rufous-morph, 9th June. (C. D. R. Heard)
2010Bearded Tit, Dorney Wetlands, male, immature male, unsexed, 4th December to 21st January 2011. (R. Ness)
2010Eider, Dorney Wetlands, first-winter drake and female, 4th December.
2007Spoonbill, Dorney Wetlands, juvenile, 13th-14th December. (T. Gale)
2007Spoonbill, Dorney Wetlands, three immatures, 16th May. (A. D. Bassett)
2007Spoonbill, Dorney Wetlands, 4th May. (W. Morgan)
2007Ring-necked Duck, Dorney Wetlands, female, 17th-26th April. (J. O'Brien)
2005[Ferruginous Duck, Dorney Wetlands, first-winter male, 12th December to 4th March 2011, Showing some signs of hybridisation.]
2005Temminck's Stint, Dorney Wetlands, 18th-20th May. (C Reeve)
2005Curlew Sandpiper, Dorney Wetlands, partial summer-plumage, 12th May. (D A Carter)
2004Tree Sparrow, Dorney Wetlands, 4th September. (C Reeve)
2004Avocet, Dorney Wetlands, 16th April. (C. Reeve)
2003Avocet, Dorney Wetlands, 4th March. (M. Dowty)
2002Curlew Sandpiper, Dorney Wetlands, near summer-plumage adult, 20th May. (S Pavlou)
2002Temminck's Stint, Dorney Wetlands, two, 16th-17th May. (J O'Brien, S Pavlou)