Last weekend I treated myself to a new wildlife-watching telescope. I’ve been thinking about it for ages, and with a big birthday coming up later this year, I’m decided it was about time to take the plunge.

I have never properly tried digiscoping with my old much less powerful scope (using the scope as a lense for a camper or camera phone). When I bought my new one I bought a digiscoping attachment that works with my phone – much better than trying to line up the camera lens with the scope eye-piece by hand.

On a short visit to Pitsford Reservoir near to my home today, I gave the kit a first proper try and it worked quite well. This pair of goldeneye floating past of the lake was the best I could do – unfortunately I missed the male doing a short bit of displaying…

The weather today is far from sparkling, with cloak of grey cloud over the land; I’m hoping for far better results once the sun starts to reappear.