School: Cill a' Lachtáin

Location:
Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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  1. Bird
    Crow: Builds her nest on top of high tree Ash, Sycamore or Wood tree.
    Nest and Eggs:
    Nest of sticks, moss, grass, hair and hay. Eggs blueish color, five in number. About three weeks to hatch.
    Weather:
    Crows gathering together wet weather. Flying high fine weather.
    Flight:
    East morning, West night, Against the wind, flys low and slowly.
    Speech:
    A loud cawing
    Swallow: Builds her nest in a sandpit, a barn, an old wall and under a bridge.
    Nest and Eggs: Nest made of clay lined with feathers. Eggs five in number. Colour blue with brown spots. Three weeks to hatch.
    Weather: When she flys low sign of rain
    Flight: She feeds as she flys quickly. Migrates to Africa for the Winter.
    Speech: Twitter
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
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    Maudie Fahey
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    Gender
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