Wagtails & Pipits in Leinster
Our list for Leinster has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Leinster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Water Pipit 15–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 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