School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0256, Page 018
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- There are many birds to be seen in this district such as robin, thrush, wren, blackbird, goldfinch, bullfinch, cuckoo, corn-crake, yellow-hammer, linet, willy wag tail, jack daw, crow, pigeon, scale-crow, mag-pie and swallows.
The robin builds her nest in a nice soft mossy ditch. Her nest is round and small. She builds her nest out of clay and sticks on the outside and she lines it on the inside with hay, hair, or moss.
She generally lays about five eggs.
The cuckoo is one of the birds which migrates from(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernadette Morley
- Gender
- Female
