Wagtails & Pipits in Berkshire
Our list for Berkshire has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Berkshire 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
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 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