Hello all
I had been considering what enjoyable pastime I could adopt, that my missus would also take to, and birding has proven to be it! I have very much enjoyed the quest for a decent but cheap scope and tripod each for myself and “the boss”. After making the purchases there was much reading of the relevant forums here to see whether I had made a bad choice in my choices! Maybe I made terrible decisions on our behalfs, but my wife is absolutely delighted with her Celestron Trailseeker 80, even if some naughty seller on “that auction site” failed to reveal that the scope must have been dropped at some point, because I have spent some time reglueing the objective and eyepiece halves back into the rotating tripod mount! So far the repairs are working. An upgrade to the eyepiece has been a revelation as to what is achievable these days with optics, and much digiscoping experimentation awaits
We live in London, but have a park close by, so we can at least hear a variety of birds, if not see them all. A regular Nuthatch visitor to our birdtable is a source of enjoyment for us both as we can actually see him/her, but the Merlin birdsong app has also been brilliant to show us what we are visibly missing now the leaves are out. This is spurring us on to improve our craft of “spotting”. The other birds at our feeders are the usual suspects, and the great tits do not like sharing with blues or the nuthatch, but we do have an intrepid Dunnock who is not averse to having a go at the hanging feeders from time to time
We are also fortunate to be regularish visitors to the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, where a good variety of ducks, waders and seabirds have avoided my identification for many years (not for much longer though!) . My wife and I are very much looking forward to days spent birding together when our retirement arrives as it will give us so much more to argue about!
Thanks so much for the wonderful website
I had been considering what enjoyable pastime I could adopt, that my missus would also take to, and birding has proven to be it! I have very much enjoyed the quest for a decent but cheap scope and tripod each for myself and “the boss”. After making the purchases there was much reading of the relevant forums here to see whether I had made a bad choice in my choices! Maybe I made terrible decisions on our behalfs, but my wife is absolutely delighted with her Celestron Trailseeker 80, even if some naughty seller on “that auction site” failed to reveal that the scope must have been dropped at some point, because I have spent some time reglueing the objective and eyepiece halves back into the rotating tripod mount! So far the repairs are working. An upgrade to the eyepiece has been a revelation as to what is achievable these days with optics, and much digiscoping experimentation awaits
We live in London, but have a park close by, so we can at least hear a variety of birds, if not see them all. A regular Nuthatch visitor to our birdtable is a source of enjoyment for us both as we can actually see him/her, but the Merlin birdsong app has also been brilliant to show us what we are visibly missing now the leaves are out. This is spurring us on to improve our craft of “spotting”. The other birds at our feeders are the usual suspects, and the great tits do not like sharing with blues or the nuthatch, but we do have an intrepid Dunnock who is not averse to having a go at the hanging feeders from time to time
We are also fortunate to be regularish visitors to the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, where a good variety of ducks, waders and seabirds have avoided my identification for many years (not for much longer though!) . My wife and I are very much looking forward to days spent birding together when our retirement arrives as it will give us so much more to argue about!
Thanks so much for the wonderful website
