Rockville Hills Regional Park

Rockville Hills Regional Park is run by the Solano County Farmlands and Open Space Foundation and has been maintained in its original natural state of Grasslands and Oak Woodlands. The Park consists of 633 acres of grasslands and oak covered hills, with a dense mixed broadleaf forest in North facing slopes. It has a a well-used trail system which runs throughout the park. The rich, biological and diverse habitats provide shelter to a variety of wildlife that make the park their home. Portions of the park are dry and rocky supporting native chamise and manzanita chaparral habitat. Traveling along the trails through grasslands, chaparral, Blue Oak woodlands and mixed deciduous forest, one can find a variety of nesting birds as well as interesting spring and fall migrants. There is a small parking lot located at 2149 Rockville Road Rd., Fairfield, CA where several trails begin.

Common Resident and Breeding Birds: California Quail, Wild Turkey, Anna’s Hummingbirds, Oak Titmouse, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Acorn and Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Western Bluebird, White-throated Swift, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Wrentit, Hutton’s and Warbling Vireos, Orange-crowned Warblers, Lesser Goldfinch, Black-Headed Grosbeak, California Scrub Jays, Song and Rufous-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Junco, California and Spotted Towhees are common resident birds. Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, Cooper’s, Turkey Vultures, and occasional Golden Eagles soar above the grasslands or ride thermals in search of prey.  Western Screech Owls are common residents and Northern Pygmy-Owls frequent the park in winter. At the ponds one can find Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Pied-billed Grebe and occasionally Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers in Winter months.

Migrants: Red-breasted Sapsucker, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Hermit Thrush, Black-throated Gray, Wilson’s and Yellow Warblers, Western Tanager, Fox, White and Golden-Crowned Sparrows are a few of the migrants and overwintering birds to expect.