Wagtails & Pipits in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan 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
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Water Pipit 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