Wagtails & Pipits in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Water Pipit 15–17 cm
- Rock Pipit 16–18 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–19 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made