New Year, New Camera (Same Old Slow Workflow)

Having been thinking about it for a quire some time, after Christmas, I finally bit the bullet and ordered a new Camera.  A Canon 7D Mark II.  Several steps up and on from my old and much loved 40D.  It arrived last Friday, giving me Saturday to RTFM and get to grips with the new button positions, before its first outing last Sunday. 

Said outing was a trip to Wicken Fen that Ann had organised for the CCC and RPS Nature Group.  We met early, hoping to see Hen Harriers.  Sadly, birds are never predictable.  Despite waiting for a couple of hours in a spot they were known to frequent, and where they had been seen 2 days earlier, all we saw were some distant crows and the odd swan.  On the way back to the cafe for a much needed hot cuppa, we stopped to photograph the Konik ponies in lovely warm morning light. The afternoon proved more fruitful.  We first spent some time crammed in a cosy little hide watching various small bird species coming to feeders, before moving on to other things.