School: Eachroim (roll number 14684)
- Location:
- Aughrim, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 231
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- The wild birds most commonly found in this district are robins, wrens, blackbirds, thrushes, sparrows, crows, pigeons, mag-pies, swallows and the cuckoo. The swallows and cuckoo spend only the Summer months here. Before the swallows migrate in Autumn, they gather on the house-tops or on wires.
Each bird chooses a different place in which to build her nest. The robin builds her nest of moss and hair in a mossy bank. She lays five white eggs with red spots on them. The wren builds a nest of moss and lays about eighteen eggs. The blackbird's nest of moss and hay is built in a close hedge. She lays four or five green eggs. The thrush builds a nest in an old stump of a tree. Her eggs are blue with black spots on them. The sparrow builds in a hedge. The crows, pigeons, and magpies build on tall trees. The swallows build in old houses. All birds sit three weeks on their eggs.(continues on next page)
