Many thanks to our photo contributors: - D. Cahill, Ed Carty, Declan Clarke, Graham Clarke, Michéal Cowming, Ciaran Cronin, Sean Cronin, Tom Cuffe, Dave Daly, Michael Davis, Eric Dempsey, Seamus Enright, Harry Hussey, Aidan G. Kelly, Damien Mac Gearailt and Marc O Caomhanaigh, Ronan McLaughlin, Cameron Moore, Paul Moore, John Murphy, Mick Nolan, Marc O Caomhanaigh, Michael O'Clery, Paul Power, Peter Rooney, Mark Shorten, Aine ui Dhubhshlaine & Robert Vaughan.

Above) Bittern, found injured on the Aran islands, Co. Galway and released at Lough Corrib, Co. Galway, 30th April 2008 (Photo: John Murphy).

Above) Bittern, found injured on the Aran islands, Co. Galway and released at Lough Corrib, Co. Galway, 30th April 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Yellow Wagtails, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow, 27th April 2008 (Photo: Mick Nolan).

Above) Pied Flycatcher, Hook Head, Co. Wexford, 21st April 2008 (Photo: Robert Vaughan).

Above) Dotterel, Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford, 20th April 2008 (Photo: Robert Vaughan).

Above) Bluethroat, dunes at Saleen, near Tramore, 21st or 22nd April 2008 (Photo: Paul Power).

Above) Hoopoe, Ballyorrill area of Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, 28th April 2008 (Photo: D. Cahill).

Above) Hoopoe, Ballyorrill area of Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, 28th April 2008 (Photo: D. Cahill). Present '"...for the last fortnight"

Above) Little Ringed Plover, Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford, 28th April 2008 (Photo: John Murphy).

Above) Tawny Pipit, Brownstown Head, Co. Waterford, 27th April 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) American Herring Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Co. Galway, 27th April 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Little Bittern, Brownstown Head, Co. Waterford, 26th April 2008 (Photo: Aidan G. Kelly).

Above) Short-eared Owl, Knockadoon Head, Co. Cork, 26th April 2008 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Tawny Pipit, Brownstown Head, Co. Waterford, 27th April 2008 (Photo: Michéal Cowming).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Dingle, Co. Kerry, 24th April 2008 (Photo: Damien Mac Gearailt and Marc O Caomhanaigh, per Aine ui Dhubhshlaine).

Above) Grasshopper Warbler, Lyredane, Grenagh, Co. Cork, 26th April 2008 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Little Gull, Swords, Co. Dublin, 26th April 2008 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Cattle Egret, Waterville, Co. Kerry, 22nd April 2008 (Photo: Ed Carty).

Above) Iceland Gull, Reenard, Valentia, Co. Kerry, 22nd April 2008 (Photo: Ed Carty).

Above) White Wagtail, Mutton Island, Co. Galway, 20th April 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Greenland Wheatear, Mutton Island, Co. Galway, 23rd April 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Osprey, River Blackwater, Co. Waterford, 21st April 2008 (Photo: Declan Clarke).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Milltown, Dingle Harbour, Co. Kerry, 21st April 2008 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

Above) Subalpine Warbler, Hook Head, Co. Wexford, 20th April 2008 (Photo: Dave Daly).

Above) Pied Flycatcher, Old Head of Kinsale, 20th April 2008 (Photo: Graham Clarke).

Above) Pied Flycatcher, Old Head of Kinsale, 20th April 2008 (Photo: Mark Shorten).

Above) Iceland Gull, Sherkin Island, Co. Cork, 19th April 2008 (Photo: Graham Clarke).

Above) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 19th April 2008 (Photo: Graham Clarke).

Above) Osprey, Rockmarshall, Co. Louth, 6th April 2008 (Photo: Peter Rooney).

Above) Osprey, Rockmarshall, Co. Louth, 6th April 2008 (Photo: Breffni Martin).

Above) Hoopoe, Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford, 17th April 2008 (Photo: Dave Daly).

Above) Spoonbill, Rossleague, Co. Cork, April 2008 (Photo: Ciaran Cronin).

Above) Cattle Egrets, Rossleague, Co. Cork, April 2008 (Photo: Ciaran Cronin).

Above) Cattle Egret, Rossleague, Co. Cork, April 2008 (Photo: Ciaran Cronin).

Above) Dotterel, Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford, April 2008 (Photo: Ciaran Cronin).

Above) Mediterranean Gull, Larne Lough, Co. Antrim, April 2008 (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tomnafinogue Wood, Co. Wicklow, 10th April 2008 (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Spoonbill, east of Rossleague, Co. Cork, 10th April 2008 (Photo: Harry Hussey).

Above) Cattle Egret, Rossleague, Co. Cork, 6th April 2008 (Photo: Ronan McLaughlin).

Above) Alpine Swift, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 4th April 2008 (Photo: Declan Clarke).

Above) Whiskered Tern, Kilcolman, Co. Cork, April 2008 (Photo: Ronan McLaughlin).

Above) White-tailed Eagle, Angliham, Co. Galway, 4th April 2008 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) White-tailed Eagle, Angliham, Co. Galway, 4th April 2008 (Photo: Michael Davis).

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