These Hooded Crows were sitting it out in the most horrendous weather conditions.. high winds with sleet, snow and hailstones thrown in for good measure... The hide we were sitting in also took a real hammering, it was so bad we couldn't keep the camera and lens still.

It almost came to a point as to whether we abandoned our photography for the day, very scary.

Camera EOS 1D Mark 1V. Canon 500mm F4 IS lens 1/30th sec f4 ISO 1250