winter sun and wildfowl

 a few wildfowl from a very windy day -- all with the new Canon R6II and the 400DO2 plus 2x converter

Mallard and Shelduck

getting ready for the breeding season

some local January wildfowl

Teal, Mallard, Wigeon, a flock of 13 Barnacle Geese flew west who knows their origin and the female hybrid possibly Gadwall x Mallard from Waters Edge

5D4 first day out

not quite but the first day trying to blast off a few sample images; after much soul searching went for a Canon 5D4 in my continuing quest for a lighter weight camera set up used with the Canon 400 DO2 and 1.4III converter -- variable cloud cover and cold wind today so not much bird action locally -- herewith a series of first fly by grabs and an under canopy Willow Warbler  Mallard in a shady ditch -- IQ seems amazing and lack of noise really significant but early days -- dull day Swifts are often a good indicator

drake Mallard

more lens testing

gulls often feature in lens tests locally -- variable light today after the sun went -- think I am getting the hang of a few things - bottom shot probably the best Mallard image I have ever taken - why do we ignore Mallard?

today at the local duck pond