Wagtails & Pipits in Orkney Islands
Our list for Orkney Islands has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Orkney Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 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