Passage migrant, and winter visitor, which has bred.

Foster (1914) recorded that Meadow Pipits were found on high ground near Stevenage, and in Hine (1934), he recorded that, “In the winter almost every low lying waste place seem to contain Meadow Pipits; the sewage farms at Hitchin, Sevenage and Baldock seem sometimes to be alive with them.” 

Sage (1959) stated that their main breeding areas in Hertfordshire was on the high ground running from Stevenage to Royston.

The 1973 Breeding Atlas confirmed breeding from the tetrad covering Pin Green, but were not confirmed as breeding in Stevenage in the 1992 and 2012 Atlases. Birds were seen at Broaches Mead, Great Ashby, prior to its development in June 2000 and 2001.

Passage birds have been seen at, Astonbury, Box Wood, Chells, Fairlands Valley and Lakes, New Park Lane, Aston, Norton Green Tip, Stanley Road and, Warren Spring. The largest number seen in spring is, 50 roosting at Box Wood on 31 March 1967 and, 36 at Fairlands Valley on 31 March 1973. The most seen in autumn is 37 at New Park Lane, Aston on 28 November 2012.

The 2012 Winter Atlas confirmed their presence from the tetrads covering Boxbury Farm, Pin Green, Broadwater and, Aston.

Since 2012 wintering birds have been seen at, Astonbury, Astonbury Farm, Aston End Road, Aston Recreation Ground, Lords Farm, Aston End, New Park Lane, Aston, Norton Green Tip, Potters Spring and, near the River Beane, Aston.