Birds in flight

The recent floods have brought hundreds of lapwings to the neighbourhood so I set out to take some shots with the K1 + 150-450mm zoom, all handheld. I haven't had much luck with birds in flight but being very skittish the birds flew round and around the field giving me the chance to have a go, both fixed focus and tracking mode. Here are a few from the day.





A couple of gulls for good measure



And finally:



I went back at dusk hoping for some nice light but sadly it clouded over and the birds were in shade.

I like that first set of grouped birds, of which 4 is the more interesting to me, with all but one flying towards the viewer - quite graphic.