NEW SCOPE

 My lovely wife "god bless her cotton socks" has got her wonderful husband a new Spotting Scope for Christmas and has let me open and use it before the big day what a wonderful woman.

It's a Swarovski 65mm ATS and she got me a 20x60 angled eyepiece and a nice new cover for it as well. Swarovski wanted £270 for their cover so she bought one from ACE Optics which was a lot cheaper at £80 but does the job just as well.

my new scope the swarovski ATS 65mm

and with the cover on

My old scope the Vortex Viper is a bit to big and bulky and was very heavy to be carrying around in the field all day especially as I'm getting older but I must say is still a good scope.

I haven't taken the Swarovski out in the field yet but it being a lot lighter than the Vortex and optically superior it should perform a lot better, so I'm looking forward to putting it through it's paces. With it having a 65mm front lens it might struggle a little in lowlight situations but the quality weight and sharpness of the lens should more that make up for it.

I have done a bit of digiscoping with it on some of the birds that visit our garden and even through the bedroom window the quality seems great. 

Here's some short clips - chaffinch, goldfinch, great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, long tailed tit and great tit.

A fantastic scope and a fantastic Christmas present looking forward to using it when I'm out and about on my birding adventures. Once again thanks to my lovely wife and I hope you like the slippers I got you😂 until the next one cheers.