I visited Phil’s Fields three times in July 2017
and saw a lot of good birds in the area. Some of the birds seen were summer
visitors from Africa and others specialities of the southwest of the Kingdom.
The area is a set of three large pivot irrigation fields and surrounding trees
edging the fields and scrubby land to the side. The pivot irrigation equipment
is always good for birds to perch on when they are disturbed from the fields
and this visit I saw a large flock of Indian Silverbills, twenty Western Cattle
Egrets and a couple of Arabian Babblers. The fields are the best place I know
of for seeing both Zitting Cisticola and Singing Bush Lark but is also good for
White-throated Bee-eater and White-spectacled Bulbul. Other birds seen included
House Sparrow and a fly over Yellow-billed Kite. This site is an excellent
birding location and one I visit every time I am in the area and it always
turns up good birds.
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| African Silverbill |
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| African Silverbill |
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| African Silverbill |
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| Arabian Babbler |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Western Cattle Egret |
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| White-spectacled Bulbul |
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| White-throated Bee-eater |
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| Yellow-billed Kite |
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| Zitting Costicola |
