Whilst birding the southwest of the
Kingdom this winter I went to Phil’s Fields which is a large pivot irrigation
set up with three large fields. It is an excellent place to see good birds and
I always see Singing Bush Lark and Zitting Cisticola there, and this visit was
no exception. More unusual birds seen this trip included African Stonechat and
Abyssinian Roller, both of which I have not recorded at the location and
probably only occur in winter as this was my first winter visit to the site.
Western Cattle Egret, Isabelline Wheatear, Green Bee-eater and Indian
Silverbill were a few other more common species seen there.
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| Abyssinian Roller |
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| African Silverbill |
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| African Silverbill |
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| African Stonechat |
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| Green Bee-eater |
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| Singing Bush Lark |
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| Singing Bush Lark |
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| Isabelline Wheatear |