The NEW @VikingOptical Otter #binoculars offer exceptional value for money.

Featuring:
• Fully-multi-coated lenses
• BAK 4 Prisms
• Rubber armoured and waterproof
• Twist down eyecups for spectacle wearers
• 5 year guarantee

from just £79.95 🔽
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Members of our Borders branch will be recording birds and manning an SOC stand at the Bowhill Bioblitz on Monday 6th May. Do come along and say hello!

bowhillhouse.co.uk/event/bioblitz…

Find out more about the branch at: the-soc.org.uk/pages/local-br…

Willow warbler © John N Chapman

How special is this 🫶
A visitor captured the moment a Red Squirrel relocated 3 kittens to a different drey (a squirrel nest). The adult jumped from branch to branch then crossed the path carrying the young. What an amazing thing to witness!
📸Robin Flannagan RSPB

The UK and Scottish governments have taken decisive action to save our seabirds by ending sandeel fishing in Scottish waters & the English North Sea.

We support this vital action and urge the EU to follow our lead, not block it. 🚨

Together, we can save our seabirds.

Thrilled to announced that Viking Optical Ltd are now supporting Norfolk Notes! Come walking with us, borrow a pair of binoculars, and see Norfolk in even better detail!

WHAT A DAY!!! 😍

We were back at Minsmere today, for our weekly bird ringing visit and ringing demo! Some wonderful highlights, including several NIGHTINGALE and this Bullfinch pair! ✨

Huge thanks to Viking Optical Ltd for their ongoing support of our ringing demonstrations! 🐦🪶

A lovely start to my day catching not 1 but 2 very unexpected Firecrests in my uni garden, both a female and male. Excellent to see a brood patch on the female, suggesting they’re breeding locally! Beautiful darlings 🥰 Viking Optical Ltd

🎙️What’s On at Global Birdfair 2024?
🗓️Lecture, Workshop & podcasting schedules now online - What’s On pages
😀Lots of amazing talks & guests
🦉Great Workshops
🙏🏽Thanks to all stage sponsors SWAROVSKI OPTIK OM SYSTEM Cameras RSPB
Vive Andalucía
👉 globalbirdfair.org/whinchat-podca…

Are you ready for Global Big Day 11 May?
Wherever you are
Whichever birds you see
Send your checklists to eBird
This data is crucial for conservation & is used by BirdLife International & others
You can help support BirdLife too
birdlife.donorsupport.co/page/GlobalBir…
Thank you for your support

We have a very busy month of demos ahead. Looking for an upgrade or maybe your first pair for binoculars, pop along to one of our events and speak to the experts. We will tailor the best binocular or telescope to your needs and your budget.

Puffins are brilliant swimmers! Using their webbed feet as a rudder, puffins can dive down 60m under water in search of their favourite fish. 🐟
📷 Tracy Robinson

Happy #EarthDay ! Sacha Dench has spent today preparing for her next adventure - begins tomorrow! She & Poul Brix are saddling up to cycle to #Spain for the next #FlightOfTheSwans film event #bikeride
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Join us on 4th and 5th May, between 09.30 and 16.00, for our next Optics Weekend. We will have our range of RSPB telescopes, binoculars, monoculars and tripods out for you to try.
Our friendly team will be on hand to answer any questions.
#wirral #optics #binoculars

SOC Members' Talk - Wednesday 17th April at 7.30pm

Members should have received details of our upcoming online talk, where we will be hearing about research projects on Great Skua in Orkney, Tree Sparrows in East Renfrewshire and island Wrens, all funded by our Endowment Fund.

🌟Thanks to all the stars of the Global Birdfair Stages
🙏🏽THANK YOU to stage sponsors too
🎪Osprey Events Vive Andalucía
🗣️Avocet RSPB
🗣️Curlew Rockjumper Birding Colombia Travel
🗣️Plover Naturetrek Wild Rutland
🦉Owl OM SYSTEM Cameras
🎙️Whinchat SWAROVSKI OPTIK

🌍Global Big Day Saturday 11 May
✅Send your bird checklists to eBird
🗺️Wherever you are
🦆All bird sightings count
🏆Let’s try to create new World Records
👉 ebird.org/news
😀Everyone Welcome to join in
💚Help BirdLife International
👉 birdlife.donorsupport.co/page/GlobalBir…
OSME

Join us at our Optical weekend on 27th & 28th April at RSPB Minsmere. Looking for a new binocular or telescope pop along and have a chat with the expert Tom. A great range on display RSPB, Swarovski, Leica, Zeiss, Kowa, Manfrotto

📢 Don't forget - optics weekend!

On the 27th and 28th of April we will have @VikingOptical with us to show off their range and your tricky questions. 🔭

They will be with us all day so feel free to drop in!

#Optics #Binocualrs #Monoculars #Telescopes #VikingOptical

Try before you buy. Pop along to WWT Caerlaverock where our expert Trish will be demonstrating our extensive range of binoculars and telescopes.