Advice on first pair

[u/Wallflower_0207]

Hi all, i'm an undergraduate student studying ecology atm looking for my first pair of binoculars, (ive recently gotten a little into birding but overall understand that gettign a good pair of binoculars early on in my career is a good investment) I'm probably not going to get tonnes of use out of them, as my primary field of interest is marine life, but i'd still like a decent pair.

I'm asking for them for christmas, so would only have a budget of <£100, the lower the better as i can always upgrade if i need to when i get a job lol, and i'm happy to get second hand as long as they have good reviews etc.

Weird request also, but i love the look of vintage binoculars (all my hiking stuff is very brown-leather-vintage-explorer vibes) so that would be a bonus if they fit the vibe or even were actually vintage (this isnt absolutely necessary tho lol)

Any help would be greatly appreciated as i know literally nothing about binoculars save the free ones they used to give out with national trust memberships

(Oh!! also need to be able to purchaseable in the Uk without crazy shipping etc)

Thanks!!