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Taking all factors into account, which is the best overall IS binocular, in your opinion? (3 Viewers)

The SFL faithfully captured the change in tone of its brown fur as it began to dry. Later in our holiday we had a similar sighting from our rental cottage. I glimpsed a shape in the choppy waves that could be an Otter and, sure enough, the SFLs revealed one swimming strongly north across the sea loch to Eilean na Mult (‘Crumpled Island’).

The first four photos were shot in Singapore. Photo 3425 and 3431 may be the same bird but I cannot be sure. Are all these White-winged Terns? Are the bills stout enough or the rumps grey enough to suspect any of these could be Whiskered? All these birds seem to show forks in the tails but I'm...

Grey above with reddish-brown primary patch Reddish-brown throat and breast Ochraceous belly and undertail Glossy black tail with broad white tips to rectrices Heavy, curved bill