School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)
- Location:
- Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Thighearnáin
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- (continued from previous page)cuckoo so an enemy and when found near their nests they pursue and beat it off.
- The wild birds which commonly inhabit my district are:- the Robin, the Thrush, the Starling, the Blackbird, the Linnet, the Stonechat, the Wagtail, the Swallow, the Cuckoo, the Lark, the Corncrake and the Wren.
The robin is a small, brown bird with a red breast. He stays in this country the whole year round. The robin makes a nest of hair in the side of a ditch. When it is finished the hen-robin lays five eggs and sits on them for three weeks. The thrush, because she is a timid bird, prefers to make her nest in a hedge and from it's shelter she can see dangers without being seen. The back of the thrush has a greenish tinge but her breast is light and speckled.
The male blackbird is black and his bill is of a bright orange(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ellen Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toomore, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Teresa Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toomore, Co. Roscommon
