Wagtails & Pipits in Wexford
Our list for Wexford has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wexford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 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