Should I by a bridge/superzoom camera *instead of* a scope?

• Clare

  

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  • 2 Jan 2022 7:26 PM

  In reply to Seaman:

  Wendy S said:

  do you not find it hard to scan an area for birds using just a camera

  I don't scan an area with my camera.  I sit back and wait for movement - either from a bird or from another bird reacting to it.

  I know, I'm weird.

  Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

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• PimperneBloke

  

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  • 2 Jan 2022 7:45 PM

  In reply to Clare:

  I'm with you, Clare, movement, especially in the wrong direction for the wind, and also "bird" shapes on branches!

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• Seaman

  

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  • 2 Jan 2022 9:18 PM

  In reply to Clare:

  I'm glad that works for you Clare, hard to say when I have not tried it but I cannot see it working on the hills and moors where I like to do my birding, even a decent scope seems to be too narrow a view sometimes. When friends do shop me their shots on their screens I am surprised how much they can magnify the birds, w ay beyond the 50x magnification on my scope.. I csan appreciate how useful this can be for i.d.

  Pete

  Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can

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