My recent trip to visit family in Munich was most enjoyable, made even better by a trip to the Allianz Stadium to see Bayern Munich play Benfica in the European football league. Except that in the long walk to the stadium, my knee gave out and I was only able to limp along very slowly. I have an appointment for a full knee replacement in early January so I will be out of action for a few weeks.

It has taken me few days to recover sufficiently to venture out, which I did to Welney WWT last Wednesday -13th November. I just needed a break and it was not too far to walk to the observatory. Weather sunny and calm - ideal conditions for a change and to give the new gear - Canon R5 mk2 and the Canon 200-800 lens - a full workout.

There was only common species there but, sometimes, it is really enjoyable to try to take better shots for the library. It all worked brilliantly with 29 new images in the Recent Additions section. Here are some of the ones that I was particularly pleased with.

Wigeon

Whooper Swan

Pochard

Great White Egret

Tufted Duck

Among the Pochard, there was a strange looking bird. After investigating, it was a hybrid of Common Pochard and Ferruginous duck - most unusual but still worth a few shots.

So a very good day for me overall - and the gear worked brilliantly. Auto-focus very fast to lock on and the extra noise in the images was no problem at all to overcome in processing.