School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 97
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- A bird called the "foreign-diver", visits the Donegal coast in summer. It lays one egg and hatches it in a little pouch, under its wing. The egg is larger than a duck's egg. It is never seen on land.
The blackbird makes its nest in a bush and lays five eggs. The eggs are green with black spots on them.
The thrush builds its nest in a thorn bush and lays five eggs. The eggs are brown.
The cuckoo does not build a nest at all. It lays an egg and carries it in its beak to another bird's nest. When it is hatched the young cuckoo pushes the other birds out of the nest. The foster-mother brings it food
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- Collector
- Brigid Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltoy, Co. Donegal
