Wagtails & Pipits in Bridgend
Our list for Bridgend has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bridgend in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceUncommon14–16 cm
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