School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)
- Location:
- Errew, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brígid Nic Eoin
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- The migratory birds commonly found in my district are the Wild Goose, Cuckoo, Corncrake, and the Swallow.
The wild geese generally leave my district on the 1st of May and they return again about the middle of October.
When the wild geese come to my district they live in the bogs in old holes and trenches. The wild geese never build a nest or lay eggs in this country. They feed on water grass.
The cuckoo comes in April and she goes again in August.
She never hatches her own(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
