Watlington Hill

I recently went to Watlington in Oxfordshire to photograph Red Kites that have been successfully bred and released into the Chilterns. Watlington Hill is a good spot to try and photograph them as they nest in the surrounding woods and can be seen fairly frequently in the area. Sometimes patience is a requirement to get some decent images, and whilst it's a quality I rarely have I did manage a couple of images that I was fairly pleased with. It is quite a steep hill that requires some degree of fitness and during one descent I came across a small herd of what I believe were Fallow Deer. The deer stopped briefly in the middle of the track but once I had been spotted they quickly disappeared into the undergrowth.These images were captured with a new Nikon 200mm-400mm Telephoto lense with a 1x4 Teleconverter and so far the results from this lense have been quite encouraging and appear slightly sharper than my previous Sigma lense. I hope to go back soon to try and take some more images and have to say that watching Red Kites flying closely overhead is quite an exhilerating experience.