Virginia Fairchild
@a1virginia.bsky.social
Bird watching is my first passion which now has expanded to everything in nature - mammals, butterflies, moths,fish, fungi, snake, orchids etc. I usually say anything that moves.
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A very nice start to our Alaskan adventure! Barrow’s Goldeneye, Harlequin Ducks, American Dipper plus flocks of 50+ Red-necked Phalarope in breeding plumage and Blackpoll Warblers!
May 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A very nice start to our Alaskan adventure! Barrow’s Goldeneye, Harlequin Ducks, American Dipper plus flocks of 50+ Red-necked Phalarope in breeding plumage and Blackpoll Warblers!
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Walmer Beach - winter plum Black-throated Diver on sea this afternoon plus 2 RT Diver. Earlier 8 Barn Swallow N plus 2 Redpoll, 4 Siskin and 2 Firecrests in bushes with @a1virginia.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Walmer Beach - winter plum Black-throated Diver on sea this afternoon plus 2 RT Diver. Earlier 8 Barn Swallow N plus 2 Redpoll, 4 Siskin and 2 Firecrests in bushes with @a1virginia.bsky.social
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Much better visibility this morning! Black-throated Diver N, Woodcock in off sea, 2 Teal, 4 C Scoter, Pintail, 6 Dunlin, Med Gull and Ringed Plover plus a 9 Brent Geese .. mostly N
November 20, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Much better visibility this morning! Black-throated Diver N, Woodcock in off sea, 2 Teal, 4 C Scoter, Pintail, 6 Dunlin, Med Gull and Ringed Plover plus a 9 Brent Geese .. mostly N
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Today we managed to catch up with this LITTLE AUK on the sea approximately 100 yards outside of Ramsgate Harbour mouth. Present earlier in the day and likely to have been the bird found by J Carnell et al at N Foreland. It flapped its small wings and then flew S towards Pegwell Bay.
November 22, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Today we managed to catch up with this LITTLE AUK on the sea approximately 100 yards outside of Ramsgate Harbour mouth. Present earlier in the day and likely to have been the bird found by J Carnell et al at N Foreland. It flapped its small wings and then flew S towards Pegwell Bay.
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Walmer Beach 8am-1pm 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1w Yellow-legged Gull,1w Caspian Gull, GN Diver, 1 BT Diver, 8 RT Diver, 4 RB Merganser, 2 Avocet, 1 Purple Sand and 10 Dunlin, Barwit, 4 C Scoter, 167 Brent Geese, Razorbill, 2 Guillemot 16 Kittiwake, 15 Fulmar with @a1virginia
November 23, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Walmer Beach 8am-1pm 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1w Yellow-legged Gull,1w Caspian Gull, GN Diver, 1 BT Diver, 8 RT Diver, 4 RB Merganser, 2 Avocet, 1 Purple Sand and 10 Dunlin, Barwit, 4 C Scoter, 167 Brent Geese, Razorbill, 2 Guillemot 16 Kittiwake, 15 Fulmar with @a1virginia
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Very quiet from the Dungeness Seawatching Hide mid afternoon, however along the Power Station wall, at east 5 Black Redstarts catching flies! Including this smart male.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Very quiet from the Dungeness Seawatching Hide mid afternoon, however along the Power Station wall, at east 5 Black Redstarts catching flies! Including this smart male.