Wagtails & Pipits in Ireland
Our list for Ireland has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, 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 cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceRare14–16 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 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