Many thanks to our photo contributors: - Derek Charles, John Coveney, Sean Cronin, Tom Cuffe, Michael Davis, Eric Dempsey, Brian Egan, Marc Hughes, Aidan Kelly, Cameron Moore, Killian Mullarney, Tony Murray, John Murphy, Craig Nash & Gerry O'Neill.

Above) Sabine's Gull, off Loop Head, Co. Clare, 25th August 2007 (Photo: Brian Egan).

Above) Red-necked Stint, Carne Beach, Co. Wexford, 30th August 2007 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Above) Red-necked Stint, Carne Beach, Co. Wexford, 30th August 2007 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Above) Red-necked Stint, Carne Beach, Co. Wexford, 30th August 2007 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Above) Red-necked Stint, Carne Beach, Co. Wexford, 30th August 2007 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Above) Wilson's Phalarope, Netherton Beach, Co. Wexford, 29th August 2007 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 30th August 2007 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Glaucous Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 2nd August 2007 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Mediterranean Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 24th August 2007 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Storm Petrel and Wilson's Petrel, 6 miles SW of Inishtearaght, Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry, 27th August 2007 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Sooty Shearwater, 6 miles SW of Inishtearaght, Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry, 27th August 2007 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Ring-billed Gull, Smerwick Harbour, Co. Kerry, 27th August 2007 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Wilson's Petrel, 6 miles SW of Inishtearaght, Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry, 27th August 2007 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Wilson's Petrel, 6 miles SW of Inishtearaght, Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry, 27th August 2007 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Sooty Shearwater, 6 miles SW of Inishtearaght, Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry, 27th August 2007 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) American Golden Plover, Cromane, Castlemaine Harbour, Co. Kerry, 28th August 2007 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

Above) Rose-coloured Starling, Ennis, Co. Clare, 26th August 2007 (Photo: Marc Hughes).

Above) American Golden Plover, Cromane, Castlemaine Harbour, Co. Kerry, 26th August 2007 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Ruff, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 22nd August 2007 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Rose-coloured Starling, Ennis, Co. Clare, 20th August 2007 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Wood Sandpiper, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, August 2007 (Photo: Craig Nash).

Above) Squacco Heron with Grey Heron, Lough Beg, N.Ireland, August 2007 (Photo: Craig Nash).

Above) Squacco Heron, Lough Beg, N.Ireland, 18th August 2007 (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Roseate Tern, Whitehead, Co. Antrim, 18th August 2007 (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Small Skipper, Fradystown, Mayglass, Co. Wexford, 19th July 2007 (Photo: Tony Murray). A new species of butterfly for Ireland.

Above) Osprey, Soldier's Point, Co. Louth, 16th August 2007 (Photo: Gerry O'Neill).

Above) White-rumped Sandpiper (with Dunlin), Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford, 15th August 2007 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Above) Yellow-legged Gull, Red Strand, Co. Cork, 13th August 2007 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Squacco Heron, Lough Beg, N.Ireland, 12th August 2007 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Wood Sandpiper, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down, 11th August 2007 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Shannon Airport Lagoon, Co. Clare, 12th August 2007 (Photo: John Murphy).

Above) Spotted Sandpiper, Doonbeg, Co. Clare, 5th August 2007 (Photo: John Coveney).

Above) Squacco Heron, Lough Beg, N.Ireland, 7th August 2007 (Photo: Breffni Martin).

Above) Spotted Sandpiper, Doonbeg, Co. Clare, 4th August 2007 (Photo: John Murphy).

Above) Spotted Sandpiper with Common Sandpiper (on the left), Doonbeg, Co. Clare, 4th August 2007 (Photo: John Murphy).

Above) Curlew Sandpiper, Tacumshin, 1st August 2007 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

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