School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)
- Location:
- Four Roads, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 364
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- The birds most common to my district are robins, jackdaws, magpies, starlings, crows, blackbirds, pidgeons, thrushes, wrens, will-wag-tails, curlews, tomtits, wild ducks, water hens, cranes, grey plovers, golden - plovers, ball coots, sparrows. The wildgeese, swallows, corncrakes and the cuckoo migrate.
The robin builds her nest on a shady bank with leaves around it. The jackdaw builds her nest in a chimney. The magpie builds her nest in an ivy kind of tree or bush. The starlings build their nests in a high tree.
The crow builds her nest in a chimney or in a high tree. The blackbird builds her nest in a hedge. The pidgeon builds her nest in an ivy tree. The thrush builds her nest in a small bush.
- Collector
- Kathleen Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowntlieve, Co. Roscommon
