celebrate first time iris contributors

Author: bjlittle

docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 #. Congratulations to `@jamesp`_ who recently became an Iris core developer
    after joining the Iris development team at the `Met Office`_. 🎉
 
+#. A special thanks goes to `@akuhnregnier`_, `@gcaria`_, `@jamesp`_ and
+   `@MHBalsmeier`_ all of whom made their first contributions to Iris, which
+   were gratefully included within this release. Keep up the awesome work! 🍻
+
 
 ✨ Features
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