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November rarities
Photos

Many thanks to our photo contributors: Mark Carmody, Micheal Casey, Declan Clarke, Graham Clarke, Derek Charles, John Coveney, Micheal Cowming, Sean Cronin, Tom Cuffe, Michael Davis, Carol Duffy, Brendan & Ciaran Finch, John Fox, Harry Hussey, Polina Kasapova, Pat Lonergan, Brian Lynch, Ronan McLaughlin, Killian Mullarney, Michael Murphy, Michael O'Clery & Michael O'Keeffe.

Great Shearwater

Above) Great Shearwater, found dead on Roonagh Beach, Co. Galway, 29th November 2009 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

Ferruginous Duck

Above) Ferruginous Duck, Craigavon, Co. Antrim, 29th November 2009 (Photo: Pat Lonergan).

American Herring Gull

Above) American Herring Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, 29th November 2009 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Forster's Tern

Above) Forster's Tern, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, 28th November 2009 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Forster's Tern

Above) Forster's Tern, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, 28th November 2009 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Above) Brambling, private garden on Howth Head, Co. Dublin, 28th November 2009 (Photo: Carol Duffy).

Red-necked Grebe

Above) Red-necked Grebe, Dun Laoghaire Pier, Co. Dublin, 24th November 2009 (Photo: John Coveney).

Sabine's Gull

Above) Sabine's Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, 23rd November 2009 (Photo: Michael Davis).

Sabine's Gull

Above) Sabine's Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Co. Galway, 23rd November 2009 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

Smew

Above) Smew, Tramore Boating Lake, Co. Waterford, 22nd November 2009 (Photo: Sean Cronin).

Bonaparte's Gull

Above) Bonaparte's Gull, Cobh, Co. Cork, 22nd November 2009 (Photo: Brian Lynch).

Lesser Yellowlegs

Above) Lesser Yellowlegs, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 22nd November 2009 (Photo: Ronan McLaughlin).

Black Brant

Above) Black Brant, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 22nd November 2009 (Photo: Ronan McLaughlin).

Black Brant

Above) Black Brant, Dungarvan Pitch & Putt Club, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 21st November 2009 (Photo: Micheal Cowming).

Lesser Yellowlegs

Above) Lesser Yellowlegs, The Cunnigar, Co. Waterford, 21st November 2009 (Photo: Micheal Cowming).

Above) Lesser Yellowlegs, The Cunnigar, Co. Waterford, 18th November 2009 (Photo: Declan Clarke).

Above) Glossy Ibis, Tacumshin, Co. Wexford, 15th November 2009 (Photo: Micheal Murphy).

Hybrid

Above) Hybrid Gull, Lissadell, Co. Sligo, 14th November 2009 (Photo: Micheal Casey).

Bluethroat

Above) Bluethroat, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 15th November 2009 (Photo: Mark Carmody).

Hybrid Gull

Above) Hybrid Gull, Lissadell, Co. Sligo, 14th November 2009 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Canada Geese

Above) Canada Geese, Lissadell, Co. Sligo, 14th November 2009 (Photo: Derek Charles).

Whinchat

Above) Whinchat, Red Barn, Co. Cork, 14th November 2009 (Photo: Michael O'Keeffe).

Ring-necked Duck

Above) Ring-necked Duck, Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford, 13th November 2009 (Photo: Killian Mullarney).

Spoonbill

Above) Spoonbill, Cromane, Co. Kerry, 15th November 2009 (Photo: Michael O'Clery).

Red-throated Pipit

Above) Red-throated Pipit, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Ronan McLaughlin).

Red-flanked Bluetail

Above) Red-flanked Bluetail, Dursey Island, Co. Cork, 10th November 2009 (Photo: Brendan & Ciaran Finch).

Red-flanked Bluetail

Above) Red-flanked Bluetail, Dursey Island, Co. Cork, 10th November 2009 (Photo: Brendan & Ciaran Finch).

Above) Bluethroat, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 9th November 2009 (Photo: Harry Hussey).

Bluethroat

Above) Bluethroat, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Ronan McLaughlin).

Red-throated Pipit

Above) Red-throated Pipit, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Graham Clarke).

Red-throated Pipit

Above) Red-throated Pipit, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Polina Kasapova).

Bluethroat

Above) Bluethroat, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Polina Kasapova).

Bluethroat

Above) Bluethroat, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: John Fox).

Bluethroat

Above) Bluethroat, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Michael Cowming).

Red-throated Pipit

Above) Red-throated Pipit, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Michael Cowming).

Above) White-tailed Eagle, Curra, Moycullen, 8th November 2009 (Photo: Tom Cuffe).

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