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Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks September · Wagtails and Pipits · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Citrine Wagtail: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Citrine Wagtail has been recorded in 59 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (2%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in September.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
2% to 100%
Moderate
<1% to 2%
Low
under <1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 0%<1%Insufficient records
February 0%<1%Insufficient records
March 0%<1%Insufficient records
April 10%<1%Moderate
May 7%<1%Very high
June 5%<1%Moderate
July 0%<1%Very high
August 16%<1%Very high
September 100%<1%High
October 8%<1%Low
November 0%<1%Moderate
December 0%<1%Insufficient records

Squares with the highest reporting rate in September

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HU27Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
NT77East Lothian, Scotland100%Very high
SJ18Flintshire, Wales100%Very high
ST55Somerset, England100%Very high
SW32Cornwall, England100%Very high
SW33Cornwall, England100%Very high
NY37Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland53%High
HU44Shetland Islands, Scotland10%High
SY68Dorset, England8%High
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland4%High

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