School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 244
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- The Thrush, Blackirds, crow, sparrow, robin, finches; Bullfinch, chaffinch, Goldfinch, the wren, the blue, tit, the tromáisín, stony picker, the mudlark, the fieldlark, seagull, hawk, jackdaw, heron, wood-pecker; magpie; woodquest, starling, yellow-hammer, Tweed, Golden-crested wren, owl, wag-tail, Kingfisher, gray linnet, green-linnet, water-hen (coote)Migratory birds
swallow, cuckoo, corncrake, wild-geese, plover, Fieldfare
Swallow come towards end of April & begin to leave about September. They have been seen here up to the end of first week in October.
The cuckoo comes about the middle of May & leaves us about July. Corncrake comes about the beginning of May & leaves in August. Wild geese come to us in Winter in Nov. or Dec. especially if the weather is rough or very cold & leaves us in the soft spring weather.
The Thrush builds in the hedges, or in the ivy on a wall, or in the fork of a tree.
The blackbird in the bushes or beside a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- R. Rellis
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Dunkitt, Co. Kilkenny
