Wagtails & Pipits in West Midlands
Our list for West Midlands has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Midlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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