Wagtails & Pipits in Surrey
Our list for Surrey has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Surrey 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 pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 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