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Photos on this page are from the current exhibition collection, which are limited to 100 prints each.
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper A buff-breasted sandpiper looks at home on an Irish beach in the autumn but should be in North America heading for Argentina.
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Purple Sandpiper A purple sandpiper stepping it out.

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Ringed Plover A juvenile ringed plover with the white neck ring from which it gets its name.
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Curlew A curlew on salt marsh at high tide.
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Knot On the march a rising tide herds these knot up the beach.
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Little Tern A little tern rides the sea breeze along the Wicklow coast.
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High Tide Roost Oystercatchers, knot and bar-tailed godwits crowd a high-tide roost site.
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Turnstone A flock of turnstones heading away.
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Ring-billed Gull American ring-billed gulls are now seen here in Ireland in small numbers in winter and may even be breeding.
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Black-tailed Godwit A black-tailed Godwit on a rising tide in the late evening sun probes the mud in search of its next meal.
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Grey Heron A grey heron in flight.
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Shelduck Two male shelduck in chase. They can be identified by the large knob at the base of the beak.
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Colour ringed Black-tailed Godwit This Black-tailed Godwit was colour ringed by Þorlákur Sigurbjörnsson on his farm in northern Iceland and has been seen in Ireland, France and England and returns to his farm each year to nest.
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Redshank on Post A redshank calls loudly from a fence post in the evening sun.
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Northern Wheatear A northern wheatear stops to ‘refuel’ by fattening up on insects found on seaweed on the shore before continuing its migration south to Africa.
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Whimbrel Whimbrel look very like a curlew with a short beak. They breed in Iceland, winter in Africa and stop off on Irish shores during their migration in spring and autumn.
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Little Egret Up until the late 1980s and early 1990s, the little egret was a rare sight on Ireland’s shores. Now a common sight on most shorelines around Ireland, it has become a well-established breeding species here.
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Common Tern A common tern greets its partner by pointing its beak and shoulders to the ground while raising its tail into the air.
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Black-headed Gull In winter the black-headed gull replaces its dark hood with white plumage and a dark smudge behind the eye.
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Dunlin This dunlin stretches its long, pointed wing, typical of long-distance migrants.
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Black-tailed Godwit A black-tailed godwit coming into land near its nest in a meadow in northern Iceland.
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Little Blue Heron This young American little blue heron, the first to be identified in Ireland, was discovered at Letterfrack, County Galway, in October 2008. It does not turn blue until it becomes an adult. They breed in the south-eastern United States, Bahamas, Cuba, and most of the coast of Mexico. They usually spend the winters more coastally in the United States; winter distribution extends throughout Central America.
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Knot a flock of Knot arriving at a high tide roost.
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Knot Part of a huge flock of Knot flying over an Irish estuary.
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Brent Geese Brent geese in the slipstream of the bird in front.
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Glaucous Gull One of the biggest gulls, they breed mainly in Iceland and some spend the winter here in Ireland.
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American Wigeon The rare American wigeon sometimes comes to Ireland in the company of its Eurasian cousins.
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Bar-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwits take flight.
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Knot A flock of Knot at dawn.
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Black-tailed Godwit A flock of Black-tailed Godwits, most in rusty summer plumage coming in to land. Also in the picture are two Shelduck, a few Curlews and a lone Dunlin.
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Brent Geese under the Moon Many shorebirds use the moon and stars to navigate during migration.
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Turnstone A turnstone on storm-driven seaweed on the tide line.
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Hooded Crow A signpost rusty from sea salt provides this hooded crow with an ideal vantage point.
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Teal Four female and one male teal sift for small snails in the soft mud.

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Golden Plover A golden plover displays its cloak of gold sequins in the morning sun.
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