School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 395
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- The bird that are mostly seen our district are:- The robin, the wren, the blackbird, the thrush, the chaf-finch, the gold-finch and the sparrow.
The robin builds her nest in a hole in a hedge. It is built with hay and moss. The robin lays five eggs. They are white. The robin sets on the eggs for three weeks.
The wren builds a nest of moss in a hole in the mossy banks. The wrens nest is covered over-head with a hood. She lays about eight or nine eggs. The mother bird sits on the eggs three weeks.
The blackbird makes a nest of moss and straw and lines it with damp mud and saw-dust. She lays four or five eggs. The eggs are blue in colour dotted with dark grey spots. She sits on the eggs a whole month.
The thrush builds a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Leanor Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annyart, Co. Monaghan
