Here`s some less friendly critturs (for those who don`t like ducks) and their offspring - taken at my sister`s in Jersey last year with *istD and 70-300 FAJ.
Nowhere near as good as yours Mat but I`ll keep trying.

Tony

John - the cameras and the lenses may well be weatherproof - not so sure about me these days though !!! I`m with Kris probably nearer 4/5 times a week.

Tony

Cracking photos matt - now I really do want davex`s 12-24 Xenon.........

Tony

Ted ----------- I hope these two crackers are getting "paid" for their modelling work or is it like my postie - a signed photo and "one day you`ll be famous" ??

Nice shots though

Tony

We used to get the kitchen commis chef ( trainee ) to go count the 100s and 1000s as it was stocktaking - tee hee !

Ahhh the joys of silly youth !

Tony ( liked the BMW one and the Virgin Media one in the Telegraphh )

Welcome indeed - nice here innit !!

Tony

Ah Lloydy - those were the days - I was chef manager and the owner was Ken Micah who ran the Albright Hussey at Bomere Heath.No microwaves or Gelato mixers in those days - and some amazing cheese from Oswestry Market.
Kynaston`s Cave was across the road and I used to go potting pigeons for the pot on a Wednesday afternoon with my BSA Airsporter.No dustbin collections,no mains drainage ( cess pit - don`t ask !!)and calor gas cooking.
Monday night off with a £5 bonus if we had had a good week - off to Shrewsbury for the pictures and a meal at the Berni Inn - and yes - change from the fiver - lol.
Robert Hardy used to be a customer and I drove my first armoured vehicle and articulated lorry in the car park too.
Been back since - no longer on the main road but still pretty good bar food.

Tony

Great win Kris

Tony

This our first and only house since 1986 - we lived in Restaurants,Hotels,and Inns during our first 16 years of marriage - poor old Emma moved 12 times before she was 13 !
When we arrived we had a Triumph Stag,3 suitcases,a double bed,a bunk bed and not much else......................where the H*ll all that STUFF came from I`ll never really figure.

Eh Ho

Tony

Tech - the advantage of the "rubbish" is that it really is a "green" alternative to loft insulation - we have about 1" of that horrible old fibreglass matting stuff covered by a chipboard floor and then layers and layers of "junk"..................camera/lens boxes,vacuums,musical instruments,1500 odd books,clothes,bedding,electrical stuff,45s,LPs,cassette tapes,videos,christmas decorations,golf stuff,old silver,pewter,documents,bills,photographs,magazines ( AP from about 1990 to 2005 )old menus,recipes,pictures,PC games,dvds,cds................get the idea ??
Save the planet and your back - lol

Lord help us should we ever decide to move !!!!!

Tony