Many thanks to our photo contributors - Dermot Breen, Victor Cashera, Micheal Casey, Shay Connolly, Sean Cronin, Eric Dempsey, David Dillon, Jim Dowdall, Nic Hallam, Paul Moore, Killian Mullarney, David O'Keeffe, Michael O'Keeffe, Gerry O'Neill, David Steele & MIchael O'Clery.

(Above) Killdeer, Ports, Co.Fermanagh, 28th February 2005 (Photo: Jim Dowdall).

(Above) Killdeer, Ports, Co.Fermanagh, 28th February 2005 (Photo: Jim Dowdall).

(Above) Killdeer, Ports, Co.Fermanagh, 26th February 2005 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

(Above) Little Ringed Plover, Ballycotton, Co.Cork, 26th February 2005 (Photo: Paul Moore).

(Above) Waxwing, Ennis, Co.Clare, 23rd February 2005 (Photo: John Murphy).

(Above) Waxwing, Cobh, Co.Cork, 24th February 2005 (Photo: Ciaran Cronin).

(Above) First-winter Glaucous Gull, Killybegs, Co.Donegal, 20th February 2005 (Photo: Nic Hallam).

(Above) Forster's Tern, Salthill, Galway, 24th February 2005 (Photo: David O'Keeffe).

(Above) First-winter American Herring Gull, Dingle, 24th February 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

(Above) First-winter American Herring Gull, Dingle, 22nd February 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

(Above) Detail of first-winter American Herring Gull, Dingle, 22nd February 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

(Above) Immature female Snowy Owl, Longfield Point, Lough Foyle, 21st February 2005 (Photo: Dave Steele).

(Above) Green-winged Teal, Rogerstown, Co.Dublin, 20th February 2005 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

(Above) Short-billed Dowitcher, North Bull Island, Co.Dublin, 20th February 2005 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

(Above) Snowy Owl, Longfield Point, Lough Foyle, 19th February 2005 (Photo: Dave Steele).

(Above) First-winter American Herring Gull, Dingle, 18th February 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

(Above) Presumed hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull, Dingle, 18th February 2005. This individual was later seen at Fenit(Photo: Michael O'Clery).

(Above) Juvenile Dark-bellied Brent, North Slob, Co.Wexford, 16th February 2005 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

(Above) Waxwing, Glasnevin, Dublin, 12th February 2005 (Photo: Victor Cashera).

This bird was ringed as a young male on 31st October 2004 at Inverurie, 20km NW of Aberdeen, NE Scotland.

Any further sightings of ringed birds should be reported to Raymond Duncan of the Grampian Ringing Group, Email Raymond@waxwing.fsnet.co.uk.

(Above) Presumed hybrid Ruddy Shelduck x Shelduck, Blennerville, Co.Kerry, 15th February 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

(Above) First-winter Iceland Gull, Ballycotton, Co.Cork, 10th February 2005 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

(Above) Forster's Tern, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, 5th February 2005 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

(Above) Kumlien's Gull, Bullock Harbour, Co.Dublin, 5th February 2005 (Photo: Gerry O'Neill).

(Above) Garganey, Tacumshin Lake, Co.Wexford, 6th February 2005 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

(Above) Green-winged Teal, Tacumshin Lake, Co.Wexford, 6th February 2005 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

(Above) Mediterranean Gull, Bullock Harbour, Co.Dublin, 4th February 2005 (Photo: Paul Hackett).

(Above) Kumlien's Gull, Bullock Harbour, Co.Dublin, 4th February 2005 (Photo: Paul Hackett).

(Above) Waxwings -part of a flock of 60+, Midleton, Co.Cork, 5th February 2005 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

(Above) Waxwing, Lucan, Co.Dublin, 5th February 2005 (Photo: Shay Connolly).

(Above) Kumlien's Gull, Bullock Harbour, Co.Dublin, 2nd February 2005 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

(Above) First-winter Glaucous Gull, Bullock Harbour, Co.Dublin, 3rd February 2005 (Photo: Owen Foley).

(Above) Lesser Scaup, Lough Barry, Co.Fermanagh, 1st February 2005 (Photo: Micheal Casey).

(Above) Adult Kumlien's Gull in foreground, with adult Herring Gull, Culmore, Lough Foyle, Derry, 1st February 2005 (Photo: David Steele).

(Above) First-winter Iceland and Glaucous Gulls, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, 1st February 2005 (Photo: David Dillon).

(Above) First-winter Iceland Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, 1st February 2005 (Photo: David Dillon).

(Above) First-winter male Velvet Scoter, Kilmore Quay, Co.Wexford, 1st February 2005 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

(Above) Partial albino Stoat, Ballyquin, Co.Kerry, 3rd February 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

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