A field Guide and Some Binoculars and you're set. (Birdwatching)

Member Name: CokaCola

Product:	Birdwatching
Date:	23/01/09 (49 review reads)
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Advantages: You can find birds everywhere, puts you in touch with nature

Disadvantages: Can become tedious if you become a serious twitcher.

Birdwatching makes for a fantastic hobby, with exactly the same principles behind it as Fancy Car spotting, Plane spotting or Train spotting. It's a little bit different than those though because it gives the hobbiest the chance to learn a little bit more about the natural world around us.

A serious birdwatcher is a "twitcher" and many twitchers have lists of every species they have ever watched. By the time a twitcher reaches retirement, these lists often contains hundreds and hundreds of species. Bird watching is not too hard, you simple buy a good bird book to educate you about the species, you get yourself a good pair of binoculars and you get down to a range of different habitats whenever you have the urge to so.

Being out in the fresh air will allow you to see many things that are quite magical, for example dragon flies mating or an appreciation for the development of some local plants. Bird watching is very inexpensive and can even be done at home, in the garden by encouraging birds to it by the construction of a pond or other unusual habitat facilties or even just by handing up bird feeders.

Your local RSPB reserve will be a good place to start bird watching. Mine also has a nice little shop, selling field guides, binoculars and everything one could possibly need.

In conclusion, have a go, you can't say you don;t like something until you've tried it, and you may just learn one or two new things.

Summary: Just hang up a feeder, when you see something exciting, you may be inspired.