Wagtails & Pipits in Scottish Borders
Our list for Scottish Borders has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scottish Borders in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–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