How to make the most of wildlife watching in the summer
2 August 2022
Sponsored Feature By Dave Rowntree
Sponsored Feature By Dave Rowntree
With record temperatures sweeping across Europe, most wildlife will be seeking the shade and becoming harder to spot. So you don’t miss out or overheat during the day, we recommend you head out in the evenings and early mornings when wildlife will be most active and easier to spot.
Leica have been passionate about manufacturing high-quality, precision optics for many years now and they pride themselves on making wildlife observation tools that will last over a lifetime.
Resilient, technologically advanced and sustainable; Leica's sport optics range will offer you many years of watching wildlife in challenging conditions due to changeable weather or low light.
Read on for our overview of Leica's best tools for the job.
CALONOX VIEW
The perfect thermal imaging camera for night-time wildlife watching.
The perfect thermal imaging camera for night-time wildlife watching.
The Leica Calonox View thermal imaging camera is an indispensable land management companion that offers superlative wildlife image quality - by day or night and under the most challenging of conditions. If you are in need of inspiration, just watch Luke Massey in the video above as he uses his Calonox for watching nightjar, barn owl, various species of deer, hedgehog, pine marten, wild boar, and other nocturnal wildlife activity.
Price: £3,950.00
Price: £3,950.00
NOCTIVID BINOCULARS
Ideal low-light exploring companions.
Ideal low-light exploring companions.
“When I’m not working, I spend nearly all of my time watching and monitoring wildlife, anything from grass snakes to short-eared owls and tree bumblebees to lesser twayblades. My Noctivids are absolutely indispensable, coping effortlessly with everything I throw at them. Close focus to low light, heavy rain to freezing temperatures, Noctivids are simply the best.”
Iolo Williams, Welsh naturalist and broadcaster.
These impressive binoculars will literally last you a lifetime. They have more than a century of experience and expertise behind their development and are a great option for those in need of high-performance optics. The Noctivids provide excellent stray light suppression and high contrasts guarantee the finest detail resolution, even under the most difficult light conditions. A short close focus range ensures richly detailed images and the generous field of view provides a wide overview at greater distances.
The Noctivid range offers two sizes, 8x42 and 10x42.
Price: £2,350.00
The Noctivid range offers two sizes, 8x42 and 10x42.
Price: £2,350.00
APO-TELEVID 65 SCOPE
Powerful spotting scope that highlights the smallest details.
Powerful spotting scope that highlights the smallest details.
The Leica APO-Televid 65 delivers images with excellent colour fidelity, sharpness, and contrast, particularly during early daytime viewing. At only 30 cm (inclined view) or 29 cm (angled view) long, this spotting scope is especially handy and portable, and at the same time it offers the shortest close focusing limit in its class (2.9 m/9.5 ft) while being robust enough to withstand most shocks or impacts as they are absorbed by its resistant magnesium-alloy body and rubber armouring.
Price from: £1,700.00 (Eyepiece sold separately)
Price from: £1,700.00 (Eyepiece sold separately)
TRINOVID 8X20 BCA
Small, high quality compact binoculars.
Small, high quality compact binoculars.
The perfect, light-weight travel companion, these pocket-sized binoculars can hold their own against many larger models in favourable lighting conditions. The weatherproof Trinovid BCA are an outstanding companion for the demanding observer, particularly on long tours where every ounce counts.
Price: £450.00
Price: £450.00
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