Wagtails & Pipits in Bristol
Our list for Bristol has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bristol in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceRare15–17 cm
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