More patchwork challenge and upgrade to p1000

Sunday morning had the best of the weekend weather, so I headed to Lepe in search of a few common winter species still missing from my challenge. Turned out ok with Marsh Harrier and Gadwall present, plus Egyptian Goose which wasn't really on my radar, but not unusual anywhere these days.

In other news, I traded my p900 in for a P1000. Had considered this a while back but was kind of forced into it as the p900 seems to make labouring noises during zooming, and is presumably unsupported nowadays. The P1000 has familiar features, but is a much better camera. I was pleasantly surprised in that the digital zoom is usable right to the maximum extreme, on a tripod. The Egyptian Goose below was in the digital zoom range, although looks to be struggling when viewed at full size.