Thanks everyone for the warm reception,have been posting in the motorsport section for some time but fancied a change. Will start trying to get some better captures of more birds over the next few months and look forward to your C&C on the images, I am a bit rusty on some of the species other than the common ones so i might need a bit of help from time to time.
The 300mm 2.8 and 2xTC was sharper than i expected but i did not know how close you have to be to get near a full frame with a bird so other than getting a 500mm lens or bigger do you have any tips you can share. Do most of you use hides or would it be better to save and invest in some more glass?