Many thanks to our photo contributors: - Richard Bonser, Ed Carty, John Coles, Sean Cronin, Micheal Cowming, Michael Davis, Hugh Delaney, Eric Dempsey, Seamus Enright, Anthony McGeehan, Rónán McLaughlin, Craig Nash, Michael O'Clery, David O'Keeffe, Jim Wilson, Robert Vaughan, Jim Wilson.

Above) American Herring Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 28th January 2007 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Presumed hybrid Herring x Glaucous Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 28th January 2007 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Bufflehead, Lough Atedaun, Co. Clare, 16th January 2007 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Bufflehead, Lough Atedaun, Co. Clare, 27th January 2007 (Photo: Richard Bonser).

Above)Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 27th January 2007 (Photo: Richard Bonser).

Above) Glaucous Iceland Gulls, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 23rd January 2007 (Photo: Richard Bonser).

Above) Ring-necked Duck, Lough Inchiquin, Co. Clare, 29th January 2007 (Photo: Ed Carty).

Above) Bufflehead, Lough Atedaun, Co. Clare, 29th January 2007 (Photo: Ed Carty).

Above) Forster's Tern, Pilmore Strand, Co. Waterford, 28th January 2007 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Long-billed Dowitcher, Dundalk Docks, Co. Louth, January 2007 (Photo: Breffni Martin).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Ferriter's Cove, Co. Kerry, 29th January 2007 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Surf Scoter, Little Island, Cork Harbour, Co. Cork, 28th January 2007 (Photo: Jim Wilson).

Above) Forster's Tern, Claddagh Beach, Co. Galway, 28th January 2007 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Ferriter's Cove, Co. Kerry, 28th January 2007 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

Above) Iceland Gull, Helvick Pier, Co. Waterford, 17th January 2007 (Photo: Michael Cowming).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Whitehouse Laghoon, Co. Antrim, 22nd January 2007 (Photo: Anthony McGeehan).

Above) Iceland Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 23rd January 2007 (Photo: John Coles).

Above) Presumed hybrid Herring x Glaucous Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 15th January 2007 (Photo: Michael Davis).

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

Above) American Herring Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 15th January 2007 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Culmore TIp, Co. Derry, 21st January 2007 (Photo: David Charles).

Above) Iceland Gull and American Herring Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 20th January 2007 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, 21st January 2007 (Photo: David O'Keeffe).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Whitehouse Lagoons, Co. Antrim, 15th January 2007 (Photo: Craig Nash).

Above) Slavonian Grebe, Swords, Co. Dublin, 21st January 2007 (Photo: Robert Vaughan).

Above) Carrion Crow, Bull Island, Co. Dublin, 21st January 2007 (Photo: Robert Vaughan).

Above) Yellow-legged Gull, possibly of the Atlantis race, Sandymount Strand, Co. Dublin, 4th January 2007 (Photo: Hugh Delaney).

Above) Blue-winged Teal, North Bull Island, Co. Dublin, 4th January 2007 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Ring-billed Gull, Cuskinny Marsh, Co. Cork, 4th January 2007 (Photo: Jim Wilson).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 1st January 2007 (Photo: Jim Wilson).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 1st January 2007 (Photo: Jim Wilson).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 1st January 2007 (Photo: Rónán McLaughlin).

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