May Thanks fo all your replies and help, Im going to go for the Nikon AF-S VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED, will try first without a 1.4 tc and see how I get on, hope to post some of my photo,s on here to see what you all think
again many thanks
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Alan. the 70-300 will probably not auto focus with the 1.4 TC if it does it will be very slow. It's a decent lens for the price but a little short for birding,
we were referring to the afs 300 f4 which will auto-focus with a 1.4tc.