School: Summerville (roll number 622)
- Location:
- Summerville, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: John Burke
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- Birldlore.
The birds common in our district are robin wren thrush hedgesparrow housesparrow skylark and lark titlark linnet yellow linnet blackbird goldfinch bullfinch wagtail jay green-linnet grey-linnet woodcock, stare cracrake swallo cuckoo hawk crow magpie jackday raven curlew chaffinch plover snipe pheasant seagulls sealark crane swan wild duck wild-geese gannet shug wild pigeon woodquest waterhen.
The robin builds her nest in the ditch in a hole or under a bank. She lays five eggs. They are spotted.
The wren builds her nest in a stone wall.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Gear
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Patrick Gear
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford