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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


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)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

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

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

Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Godwit, Black-tailed (Limosa limosa)
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)

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

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

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
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)
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)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
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)

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

Wagtail, Pied (Motacilla alba)
Warbler, Dartford (Sylvia undata)
Warbler, Reed (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Warbler, Sedge (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
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)

I'm Male and Single.