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If you arrived at this page looking for information about using the Tele Vue TV-60 - or indeed, any small telescope - as a telephoto lens, then you may be interested in the following article:

Bird & Wildlife Photography With a Small Wide-Field Refractor

Or if you want to learn more about how I got my Moon photos, try this one:

Lunar Photography with a DSLR and a Small Refractor

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Bird Index (Click on the Scientific name to see the photos)

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Bunting, Corn (Miliaria calandra)
Bunting, Reed (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Bunting, Snow (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Buzzard, Common (Buteo buteo)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crow, Carrion (Corvus corone)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)

Dove, Collared (Streptopelia decaocto)
Dove, Stock (Columba oenas)
Duck, Rouen (Anas platyrhynchos)
Duck, Tufted (Aythya fuligula)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

Egret, Little (Egretta garzetta)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Falcon, Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Falcon, Red-footed (Falco vespertinus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Flycatcher, Pied (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Godwit, Bar-tailed (Limosa lapponica)
Godwit, Black-tailed (Limosa limosa)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goose, Brent (Branta bernicla)
Goose, Canada (Branta canadensis)
Goose, Greylag (Anser anser)
Grebe, Great Crested (Podiceps cristatus)
Grebe, Little (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Gull, Black-headed (Larus ridibundus)
Gull, Great black-backed (Larus marinus)
Gull, Herring (Larus argentatus)
Gull, Mediterranean (Larus melanocephalus)

Harrier, Hen (Circus cyaneus)
Harrier, Marsh (Circus aeruginosus)
Heron, Grey (Ardea cinerea)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

Ibis, Glossy (Plegadis falcinellus)

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Kite, Red (Milvus milvus)
Knot (Calidris canuta)

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Lark, Shore (Eremophila alpestris)
Linnet (Carduelis cannabinaa)

Magpie (Pica pica)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Martin, House (Delichon urbica)
Martin, Sand (Riparia riparia)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Owl, Barn (Tyto alba)
Owl, Little (Athene noctua)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Parakeet, Ring-necked (Psittacula krameri)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pigeon, Feral (Columba livia (domest.))
Pigeon, Wood (Columba palumbus)
Pipit, Meadow (Anthus pratensis)
Pipit, Rock (Anthus petrosus)
Pipit, Water (Anthus spinoletta)
Plover, Golden (Pluvialis apricaria)
Plover, Grey (Pluvialis squatarola)
Plover, Ringed (Charadrius hiaticula)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Pochard, Red Crested (Netta rufina)
Pratincole, Black-winged (Glareola nordmanni)

Rail, Water (Rallus aquaticus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redshank, Spotted (Tringa erythropus)
Redstart, Black (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Redstart, Common (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sandpiper, Common (Actitis hypoleucos)
Sandpiper, Green (Tringa ochropus)
Sandpiper, Purple (Calidris maritima)
Scoter, Common (Melanitta nigra)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Shrike, Great Grey (Lanius excubitor)
Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe, Common (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrow, House (Passer domesticus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Swan, Mute (Cygnus olor)
Swift (Apus apus)
Swift, Alpine (Apus melba)

Teal (Anas crecca)
Tern, Common (Sterna hirundo)
Thrush, Mistle (Turdus viscivorus)
Thrush, Song (Turdus philomelos)
Tit, Bearded (Panurus biarmicus)
Tit, Blue (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Tit, Great (Parus major)
Tit, Long-tailed (Aegithalos caudatus)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Wagtail, Pied (Motacilla alba)
Wagtail, Yellow (Motacilla flava)
Warbler, Dartford (Sylvia undata)
Warbler, Reed (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Warbler, Sedge (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Warbler, Willow (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpecker, Great spotted (Dendrocopos major)
Woodpecker, Green (Picus viridis)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)