Monocular Telescope - Hand Held with Compass - Bird Watching Monocular

This hand held monocular telescope gives you a closer look on a walk using one hand, with a compass set into the body and a focus wheel on top. It suits bird watching, wildlife spotting and days on the coast or the hills, when a full sized pair of binoculars would stay in the car.

The body is ABS with glass optics and a green coated front lens. Roll the ribbed wheel on top with your index finger to focus, then turn the ring beside the eyepiece to fine tune the view. Three textured grip pads and a row of finger ridges give your hand something to hold, and a lens cap covers the front lens in your bag. It is not rated as waterproof, so keep it out of standing water and dry it off after a wet walk.

It is made for the moment you stop on the path and want to know what that is, and the compass tells you roughly which way you are looking. For steadier viewing, the set adds a mini tripod and a phone clamp that holds your phone behind the eyepiece. Photos taken this way come out as a circle, which is how a telescope frames them. It is a closer look that is already in your coat when you want it.

Key Features:

• This monocular telescope works in one hand, which leaves the other free for a dog lead, a walking pole or a gate.
• A small compass set into the body gives you a rough bearing on whatever you have just spotted.
• The ribbed focus wheel on top turns with one finger, so you can sharpen the view without shifting your grip.
• A notched ring beside the eyepiece fine tunes the view once the focus wheel has brought it close.
• Three textured grip pads and a row of finger ridges give you a surer hold on a cold morning.
• Choose the monocular on its own or the set with a mini tripod and a phone clamp for steadier viewing and phone photos.
• At about 170mm long it goes in a coat pocket or the top of a rucksack, so it comes out on ordinary walks.

Terrabound sells outdoor kit for people who want to know what they are buying. This is a plain one-hand telescope with a compass on it, described for what it does and nothing beyond that.

Pair it with our compact binoculars and a head torch for a complete wildlife watching kit.