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20-01-2009, 09:53 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Liverpool.
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| | | Hello from Liverpool.
Hello all,
I have been 'playing' in a friends garden which is 80 x 60 feet.
It is completely grown over with brambles, nothing else. It is also north facing.
I am going to attempt to grow vegetables in it, but also, make it wildlife friendly.
So, I am thinking of getting a pair of binoculars, maybe off ebay.
What sort of magnification will do for watching the birds ? Thanks,
Celt. |
20-01-2009, 09:57 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bedfordshire
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Celt
Go for either 8 or 10 x 40 don't be tempted by the high magnification zoom type. See recent threads which suggest a couple of types which are well priced.
Roy
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20-01-2009, 09:58 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hampshire
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi celt. Welcome to WAB.
8x or 10x will be fine. |
20-01-2009, 10:18 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ashbourne, Derbyshire
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi celt, welcombe to WAB  |
20-01-2009, 10:38 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Scotland
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hello and a warm welcome to WAB Celt
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20-01-2009, 10:41 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi and welcome |
21-01-2009, 07:06 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2008
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi Celt, this is one of the links referred to: Binoculars help please
A warm welcome to WAB. Keep up the good work!
Hedge |
21-01-2009, 07:09 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Durham
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi Celt welcome to WAB  |
21-01-2009, 11:23 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: N.Cheshire
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Welcome to WAB Celt from another NW Wabber! |
21-01-2009, 02:18 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bakewell, Derbyshire.
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Welcome from me too! Good luck with the garden and introducing the wildlife!
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21-01-2009, 05:05 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kensworth, Bedfordshire - a village in the Chiltern Hills
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi celt, welcome to WAB!
Binoculars are always specified by two numbers e.g. 10x40, where the first number is the magnification. The second number is the diameter of the objective lens, and I have been told that for bird watching that number needs to be at least four times the magnification i.e. 8x40 and 10x40 are OK, but 8x25 wouldn't be very good. |
21-01-2009, 07:07 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: in Essex
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hello and welcome
ellen
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28-01-2009, 12:06 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nairn,Nairnshire,Scotland
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hello and a warm welcome to the site enjoy
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28-01-2009, 11:21 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Liverpool.
Posts: 72
| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi to, vogel, mtraylen and Big Bill, thank for the welcomes ! |
30-01-2009, 07:06 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Galloway
Posts: 110
| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Hi celt, nice 2 meet u. I'm new 2. I luv the forums & am picking up some useful information about wildlife. |
30-01-2009, 07:19 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Liverpool.
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| | | Re: Hello from Liverpool.
Quote:
Originally Posted by brenbee  Hi celt, nice 2 meet u. I'm new 2. I luv the forums & am picking up some useful information about wildlife. | Hi brenbee, Yeah, its a good site.
I see on this we have 31 posts each, and just noticed I/We are now 'active members' !  | | |
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