Wagtails & Pipits in Cardiff
Our list for Cardiff has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cardiff in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 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