Many thanks to our photo contributors: - Paul Archer, Ed Carty, Declan Clarke, Dorothy and Laurence Conneely, Dick Coombes, Michéal Cowming, Michael Davis, Eric Dempsey, Stephen Foster, Eugene Furlong, John Gallagher, Sean Geraty, Aidan Kelly, Breffni Martin, John Murphy, Gerry O'Neill, Urszula Siadak, Bill Quinn & Robert Vaughan.

(Above) Montagu's Harrier, Belfast Harbour Estate, Co. Down, 29th April 2006. (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Glaucous Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 28th April 2006. (Photo: Urszula Siadak).

(Above) Black Brent, Blennerville, Co. Kerry, 26th April 2006. (Photo: Ed Carty).

(Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Whitehouse Lagoon, Co. Antrim, 26th April 2006. (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Belfast Lough, Co. Down, 25th April 2006. (Photo: Derek Charles).

(Above) Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Newcastle, Co. Down, 22nd April 2006. (Photo: Stephen Foster).

(Above) Grey-bellied Brent Goose, Newcastle, Co. Down, 21st April 2006. (Photo: Stephen Foster).

(Above) Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow, 22nd April 2006. (Photo: Sean Geraty).

(Above) Garganey, Belfast, Co. Down, 22nd April 2006. (Photo: Derek Charles). An exceptionally tame individual, probably of captive origin.

(Above) Alpine Swift, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 18th April 2006. (Photo: Dick Coombes).

(Above) Yellow Wagtail, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow, 3rd April 2006. (Photo: Sean Geraty).

(Above) Hoopoe, near Cleggan, Co. Galway, 18th April 2006. (Photo: Dorothy and Laurence Conneely).

(Above) Twite, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, 14th April 2006. (Photo: John Gallagher).

(Above) Alpine Swift, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 14th April 2006. (Photo: Sean Cronin).

(Above) Alpine Swift, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 17th April 2006. (Photo: John Murphy).

(Above) Alpine Swift, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 15th April 2006. (Photo: Robert Vaughan).

(Above) Alpine Swift, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 3rd April 2006. (Photo: Declan Clark).

(Above) Pied Flycatcher, Helvick Head, Co. Waterford, 14th April 2006. (Photo: Michéal Cowming).

(Above) American Herring Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 14th April 2006. (Photo: Michael Davis).

(Above) Crossbill, Blackhill, Co. Wicklow, 13th April 2006. (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

(Above) Pair of Velvet Scoter (front, Fermoyle, Brandon Bay, Co. Kerry, 10th April 2006. (Photo: Paul Archer).

(Above) Female Surf Scoter (Fermoyle, Brandon Bay, Co. Kerry, 10th April 2006. (Photo: Paul Archer).

(Above) Barrow's Goldeneye, Quoile Pondage, Co. Down, 8th April 2006. (Photo: Bill Quinn).

(Above) Avocet, Bannow Bay, Co. Wexford, 8th April 2006. (Photo: Aidan Kelly).

(Above) Dark-bellied Brent, Annagassin, Co. Louth, 9th April 2006. (Photo: Gerry O'Neill).

(Above) Laughing Gull, The Lough, Co. Cork, 8th April 2006. (Photo: John Murphy).

(Above) Female Mandarin Duck, near Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork, 2nd April 2006. (Photo: Eugene Furlong).

(Above) Waxwing, Mount Street, Dublin, Co. Dublin, April 2006. (Photo: Breffni Martin).

(Above) Waxwing, Clanwilliam, Co. Dublin, April 2006. (Photo: Dick Coombes).

(Above) Iceland Gull, Boat Strand, Co. Waterford, 1st April 2006. (Photo: Micheal Cowming).

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