Stonechats are back

Went out to Coursefield on Sunday just for a general look around. Was delighted to see a family of Stonechats about 300 meters down the road. This is my first sighting at Coarsefield for 2 years all due to the recent hard winters of 2010 and 2011.

I got a new digiscoping camera Lumix GH2 so was testing it out. Great camera with video and touch screen. All shots below are taken with the GH2 with 20mm lens on a Nikon Fieldscope 82ED 30x.

Stonechat
Saxicola torquata
Caislín cloch

Stonechat
Saxicola torquata
Caislín cloch

Stonechat
Saxicola torquata
Caislín cloch

Stonechat
Saxicola torquata
Caislín cloch

Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Fáinleog

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalus caudatus
Meantán earrfhada

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Riabhóg Mhóna

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Riabhóg Mhóna