Wagtails & Pipits in West Yorkshire
Our list for West Yorkshire has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusScarceRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct
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