Many thanks to our photo contributors: - Dermot Breen, Derek Charles, Tom Cuffe, Michael Davis, Seamus Enright, John Fox, Dermot McAtamney, Cameron Moore, Craig Nash & Magaret Reilly.

Above) Wheatear, Ballynamona, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 22nd March 2008 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Iceland Gull, Cruisetown Beach, Co. Louth, 30th March 2008 (Photo: John Fox).

Above) Smew, Drumgay Lough, Co. Fermanagh, 21st March 2008 (Photo: Dermot McAtamney).

Above) Smew, Drumgay Lough, Co. Fermanagh, 21st March 2008 (Photo: Dermot McAtamney).

Above) Surf Scoter, Mutton Island, Galway Bay, Co. Galway, 21st March 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Forster's Tern, 'Co. Down', 20th March 2008 (Photo: Craig Nash).

Above) Green-winged Teal, Inch Lough, Co. Donegal, 8th March 2008 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

Above) Canada Goose, Ballyconnell, Co. Sligo, 15th March 2008 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

Above) Ring-necked Duck, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal, 19th March 2008 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

Above) Black Redstart, Balscadden, Co. Dublin, 18th March 2008 (Photo: John Fox).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, 16th March 2008 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Barrow's Goldeneye, Quoile Pondage, Co. Down, 16th March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Ring-necked Duck, Racecourse Lough, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, 14th March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Pink-footed Goose, Black Lough, Co. Tyrone,14th March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Two American Herring Gulls, Galway Docks, Co. Galway, 2nd March 2008. (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Cattle Egret, Mountrenchard, east of Loughill, Co. Limerick, 9th March 2008. (Photo: Seamus Enright).

Above) Forster's Tern, Killyleagh Harbour, Strangford Lough, Co. Down, 9th March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Killybegs, Co. Donegal, 8th March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Barrow's Goldeneye, Quoile Pondage, Co. Down, 9th March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Black Redstart, Whitehead, Co. Antrim, March 2008 (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Glaucous Gull, Larne Lough, Co. Antrim, March 2008 (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Larne Lough, Co. Antrim, March 2008 (Photo: Cameron Moore).

Above) Velvet Scoter, Keadew Bay, Co. Donegal, 1st March 2008 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

Above) Ring-necked Duck, Lough Nacally, Co. Donegal, 4th March 2008 (Photo: Dermot Breen).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Waterside, Galway, Co. Galway, 2nd March 2008 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Above) Snow Bunting, Baltray, Co. Louth, 1st March 2008 (Photo: Margaret Reilly).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Larne Harbour, Co. Antrim, 2nd March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Kumlien's Gull, Killybegs, Co. Donegal, 1st March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Above) Iceland Gull, Killybegs, Co. Donegal, 1st March 2008 (Photo: Derek Charles).

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