Many thanks to our photo contributors: - Dermot Breen, Derek Charles, Eric Dempsey, Jim Dowdall, Pat Lonergan, Killian Mullarney, Michael O'Clery, Gerry O'Neill & Seán Ronayne.

(Above) Second winter Laughing Gull, Galway, 31st December 2005 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

(Above) Lesser Yellowlegs, White's Marsh, Co Cork, 29th December 2005 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

(Above) Third winter Kumlien's Gull, Galway, 31st December 2005 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

(Above) Third winter Kumlien's Gull, Galway, 31st December 2005 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

(Above) Third winter American Herring Gull, Galway, 29th December 2005 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

This bird was last seen on 9th May 2005.

(Above) Third winter American Herring Gull, Galway, 29th December 2005 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

(Above) Third winter Glaucous Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 29th December 2005 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

(Above) Laughing Gull, Bull Island, Co. Dublin, 26th December 2005 (Photo: Jim Dowdall).

(Above) First-winter Caspian Gull, Dargan, Co. Down, 28th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) First-winter Caspian Gull, Dargan, Co. Down, 28th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Ring-billed Gull, Portrush, Co. Antrim, 26th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Laughing Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, 27th December 2005 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

(Above) First-winter Caspian Gull, Whitehouse Lagoon, Belfast, 23rd December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) First-winter Caspian Gull, Whitehouse Lagoon, Belfast, 23rd December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) First-winter Caspian Gull, Whitehouse Lagoon, Belfast, 23rd December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) American Wigeon, Tacumshin, Co. Wexford, 23rd December 2005 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

(Above) Glaucous Gull, Belfast, 23rd December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Smew, Oxford Island, Co. Armagh, 19th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Pinkfooted Goose, Oxford Island, Co. Armagh, 19th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Laughing Gull, Dingle Harbour, Co. Kerry, 15th December 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

(Above) Laughing Gull, Dingle Harbour, Co. Kerry, 15th December 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

(Above) Hawfinch, Inch Abbey, Co. Down, 12th December 2005 (Photo: Gerry O'Neill).

(Above) Juvenile Spoonbill, Cromane, Castlemaine Harbour, Co. Kerry, 11th December 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

(Above) Hawfinch, Inch Abbey, Co. Down, 10th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Bird showing characters of Eastern Jackdaw, Dun Laoghire Pier, Co. Dublin, 5th December 2005 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

(Above) Mediterranean Gulls, Sandycove, Co. Dublin, 5th December 2005 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

(Above) Laughing Gull, Nimmo's Pier, 3rd December 2005 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

(Above) Ring-billed Gull, Cuskinny Marsh, Co. Cork, 4th December 2005 (Photo: Seán Ronayne).

(Above) Hawfinch, Tollymore Forest Park, Co. Down, 4th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Ring-necked Duck, Quoile Pondage, Co. Down, 4th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Iceland Gull, Belfast, Co. Down, 4th December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Iceland Gull, Killybegs, Co. Donegal, 3rd December 2005 (Photo: Derek Charles).

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