A visit to
Phil’s Fields around midday was an extremely hot and tiring few hours birding
but as always a few good birds were seen. The fields are one of the best places
in the Kingdom for locating Zitting Cisticola and Singing Bush Lark. Both of
these species occur here in high densities and can be seen flying around
calling and singing as well as perched on the grass stems in the case of the
Cisticola or on the ground in the water irrigation tracks in the case of the
lark. The trees and scrub at the edge of these fields is a good place to see
Ruppell’s Weavers, Black Scrub Robins and Arabian Babblers with good numbers of
both in residence and both birds coming down to drink from a leaking water pipe
in one place.
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| Zitting Cisticola |
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| Singing Bush Lark |
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| Singing Bush Lark |
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| African Palm Swift |
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| Arabian Babbler |
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| Ruppell's Weaver |