2020 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 08/01/2020

Once again we are supporting Archery UK magazine's quarterly reader's Star Letter competition. We will be offering binoculars, scopes and other accessories suitable for field and target archers. For more information about the magazine, click...

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2019 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2019

Donation of Adventurer II WP 15-45x60 spotting scope and Savanna R PC 10x33 binoculars to Thomas Susca, who has been a recurve archer since the age of 8.He has been competing at regional and national level since 2016 and has won a number of local...

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The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA)

Date Added 03/07/2018

The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) is a non profit scientific association that promotes the study and conservation of birds in Portugal. It was founded in 1993 in response to a desire by a large number of professionals...

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WDC Shorewatch

Date Added 01/06/2018

WDC Shorewatch is a network of trained volunteers monitoring the presence and absence of whales and dolphins at selected sites around the Scottish coastline, in order to raise awareness and capture vital data crucial to the long term future of these...

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British Trust For Ornithology

Date Added 01/06/2018

Opticron has a long standing working relationship with the BTO both formally through the Trusts Business Partnership Programme and more informally with many of its staff and volunteers who own, use and occasionally break their equipment! A long...

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ORCA

Date Added 01/06/2018

ORCA is one of Europe’s leading whale & dolphin conservation charities dedicated to studying and protecting whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK and European waters. Opticron is supporting the organisations team of volunteers with free...

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Butterfly Conservation

Date Added 01/06/2018

For several years Opticron has been a Corporate Member of Butterfly Conservation. The charity works across the UK to try to reduce and hopefully reverse the decline in the numbers of threatened moth and butterfly species. We have provided...

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The Wildlife Trusts

Date Added 01/06/2018

Opticron works closely with many regional Trusts to promote our joint interest in wildlife observation and conservation. This support includes: running optics field days on reserves generating funds through sales sponsorship of events and...

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2018 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2018

Sponsorship of Pocket Pals, an app that aims to encourage young people to "look up" from their tablet and phone screens and engage with nature. More information at www.pocketpalsapp.com. "Pocket Pals is an upcoming app that...

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2017 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2017

Donation of DBA Oasis 8x21 binoculars as a raffle prize for the Ewaso Lions project. "Ewaso Lions is a non-profit wildlife conservation organisation based in northern Kenya. We are dedicated to conserving Kenya’s lions and other large...

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2016 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2016

Donation of Discovery WP PC 8x42 binoculars as a raffle prize for The Seabird Group Conference 2016.   Supported purchase of HR 66 GA ED /45 scope with SDL v2 zoom eyepiece for Ryan Burrell, GIS and Biometrics Assistant at Game & Wildlife...

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2015 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2015

IS 70 R and Discovery 10x50 supplied at a discounted price to Natures Valley Trust, Western Cape, South Africa. The Nature’s Valley Trust is a small community driven NPO working at the cutting edge of integrated conservation in South...

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2014 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2014

These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2012: Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust - supplied 8 pairs of discounted Marine II 7x50 BIF.GA/IC for marine survey use -...

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2013 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2013

This is Juma, a freelance guide in Kenya, to whom we donated a pair of Trailfinder II 8x42 binoculars at the end of 2013. Leif Dehlin, a Swedish tourist, came to us and asked if we could help Juma with a decent hardwearing pair of optics he could...

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A Focus On Nature

Date Added 17/08/2012

Launched in Summer 2012, A Focus On Nature is a non profit unincorporated association set-up by a small group of people including Opticron staff. It’s tasked with providing a central resource where young people interested in nature and...

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2012 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2012

These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2012: Great Britain Target Rifle Team David Tideswell, author of 'Garden Bird Guide' Coastal Conservation...

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2011 Sponsorships and Donations

Date Added 01/01/2011

These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2011: Ornithological Society of the Middle East, OSME - https://www.osme.org The Hawk & Owl Trust -...

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Great Bustard Group

Date Added 16/06/2010

The Great Bustard Group (GBG) was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of reintroducing the Great Bustard to the UK. In 2003, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued a 10-year trial-licence to release Great Bustards in...

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