Hi Anja,
Simple advice from me: double or nothing. I think you will find that a cheap long lens will be pretty much a complete waste of money. Much better to either double your budget (maybe a bit more than double) or else do without. Cheap and nasty optical gear is never worth it, in my experience.
Either step up to one of the several well-regarded "cheapish" lenses in the 400mm+ class (Sigma 50-500 and Canon 400 f/5.6 are examples), or else accept that you are limited to 300mm.
You can get away with a cheap little lens (the Canon 18-55 kit lens, for example, costs about US$80 and works just fine) but you can't get away with a cheap big lens.
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