Last weekend an event to celebrate the amazing work of the North Yorkshire Turtle Dove Project and Birds on the Edge Project took place at the stunning Castle Howard, in North Yorkshire. Castle Howard is one of England’s finest historic houses, set in a thousand acres of sweeping parkland dotted […]
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From the Moon to the Wetlands of Africa – Strengthening Waterbird Monitoring Across Africa and Eurasia
What does the Apollo 11 moon landing have to do with migratory waterbirds in Africa? Well, the link can be found in the optical equipment that was used during the successful mission to the moon in 1969 and the high-precision optical equipment that will soon be used by a network […]
Read MoreFrom Famalicão to the World: 50 Years of Leica in Portugal
Wetzlar, 1st September 2023. For the past fifty years, a part of the Leica family has been located at a factory in Portugal. This is reason enough to celebrate the success, diversity and community that has bound the company’s headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany and Famalicão together for half a century. […]
Read MoreA Walk at Walthamstow Wetlands with The Urban Birder
At the beginning of the month Leica Sport Optics Ambassador and London Wildlife Trust Ambassador, David Lindo, AKA The Urban Birder, guided a walk around the London Wildlife Trust’s Walthamstow Wetlands Reserve. Born and raised in London, David’s main passion is for urban birds, and he devotes his time to […]
Read MoreLeica Sport Optics are official Migratory Species Champion for AEWA’s waterbird monitoring work.
The African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) Secretariat and Leica Sportoptics have agreed to work together to further develop and strengthen waterbird monitoring across Africa and Eurasia. Under a three-year partnership, Leica Sportoptics will provide financial support to the Waterbird Fund hosted by Wetlands International as well as annual donations of optical […]
Read MoreBirdwatchers Samuel, Fanny and Sebastian win Leica Birdingplaces contest
From November 2022 to April 2023 Birdingplaces and Leica organized a Rate-Add-And-Win contest among birdwatchers. Any birder who added a birdwatching area to Birdingplaces or rated an area with one to five stars had a chance to win a pair of Leica Ultravid binoculars, a pair of Leica Trinovid binoculars […]
Read MoreLeica Sport Optics announce Ambassador, Mya Bambrick’s, 21 Wildlife Walks
LONDON, 25TH MAY 2023 — Leica Sport Optics is proud to be supporting Mya Bambrick’s 21 Wildlife Walks campaign, where the young conservationist will be embarking on 21 wildlife walks across the UK before she turns 21. 21 Wildlife Walks Mya will start on the 1st of June and will […]
Read MoreInvestigative Wildlife Filmmakers Take on Next Big Challenge: Birds Beyond Borders
Birds Beyond Borders is an inclusive and collaborative non-profit documentary and research project. Through the story of bird migration the project aims to reveal more about climate change, our relationship with the natural world, and how we embrace wildlife as human society develops. In this blog for Leica Nature the […]
Read MoreIsle of Islay – A Wild Goose Chase!
In this guest blog Theo De Clermont and Ewan Miles, of Nature Scotland, give a trip report of their recent pre season / tour reconnaissance to the Hebridean Isle of Islay. Equipped with a Leica APO-TELEVID 65 spotting scope and a pair of Leica Noctivid 8×42 binoculars, they cover some […]
Read MoreOrnitherapy Through the Lens: Magnifying the Wellness Benefits of Birds and Nature
Have you gotten your daily dose of Ornitherapy today? Mounting research shows that when we step outside and into nature, positive chemical responses are activated within us. Cortisol, the hormone that flips into overdrive when we are stressed, starts to lower with just 20-30 minutes of immersing ourselves in the […]
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