Hl Micheal,
good to see the tricolour flying from the old country.Good advice from Andy and Stephen, and I would add the following.
Sell the 200-500, and assuming you were going to buy a NEW 300/2.8 VR, then I would put both monies to buy a 300/4 AFS Nikkor, and a 500/4.5 HSM Sigma, both secondhand.
It is suggested that you should be able to get both for the price of a new 300VR.There should be enough left over for a 1.4TC (Nikkor).
This will give you a good walk about lens and a lens with good reach.
If my maths is good, you will end up with a 300/4,420/5.6,500/4.5 and700/6.3 which is more than most bird snappers dream of.
Both these lenses give very high image quality.
As for the 400/2.8 forget it, very heavy and you will gain very little over any of the suggested combos.At the end of the day its your money and choice.
Regards Subzero.
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