Wagtails & Pipits in Flintshire
Our list for Flintshire has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Flintshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 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