Many thanks to our photo contributors: Richard Bonser, Derek Charles, John Coveney, Tom Cuffe, Dave Daly, Michael Davies, Eric Dempsey, Seamus Enright, John Fox, Ronan and Orla McLaughlin, Paul Moore & Craig Nash.

Above) Leach's Petrel, off Galway, Co. Galway, 31st August 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Sabine's Gull, off Galway, Co. Galway, 31st August 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Long-tailed Skua, off Galway, Co. Galway, 31st August 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Yellow Warbler, Mizen Head, Co. Cork, 27th August 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Solitary Sandpiper, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 27th August 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Northern Waterthrush, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 27th August 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Loop Head, Co. Clare, 28th August 2008 (Photo: Dave McNamara).

Above) Northern Waterthrush, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 27th August 2008 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Solitary Sandpiper, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 27th August 2008 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Above) Yellow Warbler, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 27th August 2008 (Photo: Ronan and Orla McLaughlin).

Above) Solitary Sandpiper, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 27th August 2008 (Photo: John Coveney).

Above) Iceland Gull, Liscannor, Co. Clare, 26th August 2008 (Photo: Richard Bonser).

Above) Arctic Skua, Inis Meáin, Co. Galway, 26th August 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Yellow Warbler, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, 26th August 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Little Ringed Plover, Swords, Co. Dublin, 26th August 2008 (Photo: John Fox).

Above) Black Tern, Carne Beach, Co. Wexford, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Dave Daly).

Above) Wilson's Petrel, west of Inishbofin, Co. Galway, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Sooty Shearwater, west of Inishbofin, Co. Galway, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Craig Nash).

Above)Great Shearwater, west of Inishbofin, Co. Galway, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Wilson's Petrel, west of Inishbofin, Co. Galway, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Wilson's Petrel, west of Inishbofin, Co. Galway, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Great Shearwater, west of Inishbofin, Co. Galway, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Sooty Shearwater, west of Inishbofin, Co. Galway, 24th August 2008 (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pilmore Strand, Co. Cork, 21st August 2008 (Photo: Harry Hussey).

Above) Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pilmore Strand, Co. Cork, 21st August 2008 (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pilmore Strand, Co. Cork, 21st August 2008 (Photo: Paul Moore).

Above) Great Skua, 5km SW of Great Skellig, Co. Kerry, 8th August 2008 (Photo: John Coveney).

Above) Arctic Skua, 5km SW of Great Skellig, Co. Kerry, 8th August 2008 (Photo: Eric Dempsey).

Above) Mediterranean Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, 6th August 2008 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Iceland Gull, Portrush, Co. Antrim, 9th August 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Castlemaine Harbour, Co. Kerry, 3rd August 2008 (Photo: John Coveney).

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