On Tuesday at my local AWT reserve at Willsbridge I snapped this jay tucking into something in the trees, berries I think.
then a surprise was this buzzard that allowed me just a single shot before taking off. I snuck up on it again but couldn't match this opportunity again.
On Wednesday I visited Backwell Lake in Somerset. The little egret was there again. I was stretching things a bit with the Sigma 100-300 with 1.4x TC, this being a 100% crop.
A mute swan flew past right in front of me and I fired two shots. With the second shot I just clipped the front of its bill but I got this one reasonably framed. It's almost full frame and gawd knows how I managed it. Pure luck.
All shot with Sony A700 plus 100-300 f4 Sigma. Shots 3 & 4 used 1.4x Kenko Pro300 teleconverter. EXIF is intact.