Many thanks to our photo contributors - Dermot Breen, Sean Cronin, Sean Geraty, Paul Hackett, Killian Mullarney, Michael O'Keeffe & Gerry O'Neill.

(Above) This bird came aboard a trawler, 75km west od the Scilly Isles, and was released at Rostellan Lake, Co.Cork, 22nd March (Photo: Paul Moore).

(Above) Little Gull, Larne Harbour, Co.Antrim, 20th March 2005 (Photo: Stephen Foster).

(Above) Mediterranean Gulls, Larne Harbour, Co.Antrim, 20th March 2005 (Photo: Stephen Foster).

(Above) Presumed hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co.Galway, 20th March 2005 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

(Above) Iceland Gull in front, with first-winter Thayer's Gull, Belmullet, Co.Mayo, 13th March 2005 (Photo: Paul Hackett).

(Above) First-winter Thayer's Gull, Belmullet, Co.Mayo, 13th March 2005 (Photo: Gerry O'Neill).

(Above) First-winter Little Gulls, Nimmo's Pier, Co.Galway, 13th March 2005 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

(Above) Adult Ring-billed Gull - one of 4 present, Tivoli, Co.Cork, 12th March 2005 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

(Above) Iceland Gull in front, with first-winter Thayer's Gull, Belmullet, Co.Mayo, 8th March 2005 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

(Above) Detail of Thayer's Gull, Belmullet, Co.Mayo, 8th March 2005 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

(Above) Thayer's Gull, Belmullet, Co.Mayo, 8th March 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

(Above) Turtle Dove, Midleton, Co.Cork, 8th March 2005 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

(Above) Forster's Tern, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, 6th March 2005 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

(Above) Glaucous Gulls, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, 5th March 2005 (Photo: Sean Geraty).

(Above) Glaucous Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, 5th March 2005 (Photo: Sean Geraty).

(Above) Thayer's Gull, Belmullet, Co.Mayo, 5th March 2005 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

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