Wagtails & Pipits in Anglesey
Our list for Anglesey has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Anglesey 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
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Water Pipit 15–17 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