Many thanks to our photo contributors: - Paul Archer, Dermot Breen, Mícheál Casey, Victor Cashera, Andy Cook, John Coveney, Michéal Cowming, Sean Cronin, Mike Davis, David Dillon, Sean Geraty, Don Hodgers, Eliza Homan, Aidan Kelly, Stepehn King, Proinsias Mac an Bheatha, Breffni Martin, Rob McAllister, Anthony McGeehan, Cameron Moore, Paul Moore, Killian Mullarney, Craig Nash, Aonghus O'Donnell, Michael O'Keeffe, Peter Philips, Seán Ronayne, Paul Walsh & Pete Wolsten.

Above) Night Heron, Cape Clear Island, CO. Cork, 25th October (Photo: Andy Cook).

Above) Snow Bunting, Whitehead, Co. Antrim, 31st October (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 31st October (Photo: Paul Archer).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 31st October (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Ardmore, Co. Waterford, 28th October (Photo: Paul Walsh).

Above) Red-rumped Swallow, Tory Island, Co. Donegal, 28th October (Photo: Joe Adamson).

Above) Rostrata Redpoll, Tory Island, Co. Donegal, 28th October (Photo: Joe Adamson).

Above) Sooty Shearwaters, Galley Head, Co. Cork, 30th October (Photo: Pete Wolsten).

Above) Water Pipit (one of three present), Tacumshin, Co. Wexford, 29th October (Photo: Aidan Kelly).

Above) Forster's Tern, Cruisetown Strand, Co. Louth, 29th October (Photo: Gerry O'Neill).

Above) Forster's Tern, Cruisetown Strand, Co. Louth, 29th October (Photo: Don Hodgers).

Above) Sabine's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 28th October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 29th October (Photo: Michael Davisl).

Above) Lesser Scaup, Inch Island, Co. Donegal, 9th October (Photo: Dermot Breen).

Above) Collared Pratincole, Ballyconeely, Co. Donegal, 24th October (Photo: Aonghus O'Donnell).

Above) Night Heron, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 25th October (Photo: Victor Cashera).

Above) Short-eared Owl, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 25th October (Photo: Victor Cashera).

Above) Dusky Warbler, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 22nd October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Pallas's Warbler, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 23rd October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Pallas's Warbler, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 23rd October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Leach's Petrel, Lower Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh, 18th October (Photo: Brad Robson).

Above) Firecrest, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 22nd October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Yellow-browed Warbler, Inishbofin, Co. Clare, 20th October (Photo: Anthony McGeehan).

Above) Dusky Warbler, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 22nd October (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Sabine's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 9th October (Photo: Mark Carmody).

Above) Little Stints, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 19th October (Photo: Breffni Martin).

Above) Black Brant, Strangford Lough, Co. Down, 21st October (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Surf Scoter, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal, 20th October (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Isabelline Shrike, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 21st October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Isabelline Shrike, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 21st October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Short-toed Lark, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 21st October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Firecrest, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 21st October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Yellow-browed Warbler, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, October (Photo: Peter Phillips).

Above) Red-breasted Flycatcher, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 18th October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 11th October (Photo: Dick Coombes).

Above) Sabine's Gull, Galway Docks, Co. Galway, 16th October (Photo: Mike Davis).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 12th October (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Sabine's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 14th October (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Lissagriffin, Co. Cork, October (Photo: David Dillon).

Above) Icterine Warbler, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, October (Photo: David Dillon).

Above) American Golden Plover, Keadew Strand, Co. Donegal, 14th October (Photo: Dermot Breen).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 13th October (Photo: Mike Davis).

Above) Greenish Warbler, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 12th October (Photo: Michéal Cowming).

Above) Red-rumped Swallow, near Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 14th October (Photo: Michéal Cowming).

Above) Icterine Warbler, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 10th October (Photo: Michéal Cowming).

Above) Yellow-browed Warbler, Inishbofin, Co. Galway, October (Photo: Anthony McGeehan).

Above) Chiffchaff, of one of the NE races, Inishbofin, Co. Galway, October (Photo: Anthony McGeehan).

Above) Lesser Whitethroat, Inishbofin, Co. Galway, October (Photo: Anthony McGeehan).

Above) Yellow-browed Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Red-breasted Flycatcher, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Radde's Warbler, Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork, 14th October (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Greenish Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Lissagriffin, Co. Cork, October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Blyth's Reed Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 10th October (Photo: Killian Mullarney). The first Irish record.

Above) Blyth's Reed Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 12th October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Blyth's Reed Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 10th October (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Above) Blyth's Reed Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Blyth's Reed Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, October (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Above) Yellow-browed Warbler, Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal, 8th October (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Pied Flycatcher, Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal, 8th October (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) American Golden Plover, Derrybeg, Co. Donegal, 6th October (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Rossaveal, Co. Galway, 10th October (Photo: Mike Davis).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 7th October (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Little Stint, Claddagh Beach, Co. Galway, 9th October (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Little Stint, Sandy Bay, Larne, Co. Antrim, 9th October (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Sabine's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 8th October (Photo: Seán Ronayne).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 8th October (Photo: Mike Davis).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 8th October (Photo: Mike Davis).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Lissagriffin, Co. Cork, 8th October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Lesser Whitethroat, Crookhaven, Co. Cork, 8th October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 7th October (Photo: Aidan Kelly).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Lissagriffin, Co. Cork, 7th October (Photo: John Coveney). A different individual to the one below.

Above) Black Tern, showing characters of the race surinamensis, Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford, 5th October (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Above) Goosander, Ballycarry Bridge, Co. Antrim, 7th October (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Buff-bellied Pipit, Lissagriffin, Co. Cork, 8th October (Photo: John Coveney).

Above) Snowy Owl, Blacksod, Co. Mayo, 6th October (Photo: Sean Geraty).

Above) Red-backed Shrike, Tory Island, Co. Donegal, 2nd October (Photo: Aiden Kelly).

Above) Rostrata Redpoll, Tory Island, Co. Donegal, 4th October (Photo: Aiden Kelly).

Above) Common Rosefinch, Tory Island, Co. Donegal, 4th October (Photo: Aiden Kelly).

Above) Arctic Skua, Carne Beach, Co. Wexford, 2nd October (Photo: Proinsias Mac an Bheatha).

Above) Ruff, Cloonagh Beach, Co. Sligo, 5th October (Photo: Mícheál Casey).

Above) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 6th October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 4th October (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Taxumshin Lake, Co. Wexford, 3rd October (Photo: Stephen King).

Above)Spotted Sandpiper, Ballycotton, CO. Cork, 3rd October (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Carrion Crow, Murlough Bay, Co. Down, 1st October (Photo: Rob McAllister).

Above) White-tailed Eagle, near Dingle, Co. Kerry, 1st October 2007 (Photo: Eliza Homan). A bird from the reintroduction scheme, based in Killarney National Park. Birds are now being sighted well away from the release site, including at Great Skellig Island, Great Blasket island and the Slieve Mish Mountains. This individual has been sighted at various locations on the tip of the Dingle Peninsula.

Above) Great White Egret, Lough Beg, Co. Antrim, 2nd October 2007 (Photo: Craig Nash).

Above) Greenland Wheatear, Ballagan Point, Co. Louth, 1st October 2007 (Photo: Breffni Martin).

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