Wagtails & Pipits in Rutland
Our list for Rutland has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rutland 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 pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 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