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School: Carrigaline, Ráth Mhór

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Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Mhic Conchoille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0357, Page 031

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    The wild birds commonly found in this locality are Rooks, scauld crow or carrion crow, hawks, magpies, jackdaws, curlews, owls (rare) grouse, snipe, woodcock, plover (green golden) wild duck (teal mallard) wood pigeons, pheasants, (rare) wild geese, starlings, blackbirds, thrushes, finches, linnets, wagtails, sparrows, titlarks, Stone chats, tits, diarmeen neabhach, boglarks, waterhens, dippers, herons, cormorants (rare) swallows, wrens
    Migratory Birds,
    Swallows,
    come in end of March - go end of Sept
    Snipe,
    go in March - come in October.
    Woodcock,
    go in March come 1st full moon in Nov
    Plover,
    go in end of April come in September.
    Wild Geese,
    go in end of April come in end of Septem.
    Starlings,
    go in end April come in November.

    Woodcock
    come in greater numbers in North West winds.
    Wild geese
    always come from the east.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Dineen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Address
    Hollymount, Co. Cork