The swallow makes her nest of clay and straw. Her eggs are speckled blue with brown spots.
(From Mrs Mac Cleary)

The black bird builds in a holly tree she puts mud in the sides of it, she lays four eggs, their colour are blue. (From Mrs Hollingsworth Killadoon)

A Pheasant builds a nest like a hen, on the ground. She lays about fifteen eggs. Her eggs are smaller than hens eggs and are light brown in colour.

The nest is usually built on the ground on the side of a mossy bank where the nest is over hung by grass or ivy leaves. Robins that live in gardens build their nests in curious places such as an old can