School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 187
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- The Birds that come in winter are "The Starling" "The Golden Ringed Plover" "The Wood Pecker" "The Snipe" "The Wood Cock" "The Wild Geese", The Jay-Thrush."
The Starling has its nest in a hole in the wall and the nest is made of grass and moss and wool. It lays 5 pale green-blue eggs. It hatches for three or four weeks.
The Golden Ringed Plover builds in a sand-pit. It just scrapes out a hole in the sand and lays four creamy coloured eggs with black and grey spotts on them It hatches for three or four weeks.
The Grey Plover builds its nest in a hole in the ground with grass and rushes. It lays four dark green eggs with brown spots. It hatches from three to four weeks.
The Wood-Pecker builds its nest in a tree. It lays six eggs. It makes its nest of wool and feathers.
The Snipe builds its nest in marshy land. It makes it of hay and leaves. It lays two eggs. The colour of them is brown.
The Wood Cock builds its nest in a wood.
The Wildgoose builds its nests along a river. It makes the nest of sticks and leaves and feathers.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Florence Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr C. Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
