School: Lakyle, Whitegate
- Location:
- An Leathchoill, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: John Davis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 190
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- Bird-LoreThe birds found in this district are : -
Robins, Blackbirds, Thrushes, Wrens, Linnets, Sparrows, Snipe, Wild Duck, Swans, Pigeons, Crows, Starlings, Rooks, Grouse, Plovers, Crane, Cormorants, Seagulls, Wagtails, Hawks, Cuckoos, Swallows, Martins, Swifts, Corncrakes, Wood-pigeons, Curlews, Wild Geese, Woodcock, Divers.
Swallows, swifts and martins migrate in September & return in May.
The Woodcock leaves us in February and returns in November.
The Wildgeese come here in November & they fly northwards in January.
The Cuckoo arrives in April and leaves us in July.
Blackbirds, Thrushes, Robins & Wrens build their nests in Bushes.
Swallows, Martins, Swifts, Starlings, Sparrows build them in eaves of houses.
Corncrakes, Wrens, Sparrows, Robins build them in holes in walls.
Crows, Hawks, Wood-pigeons build them in trees.
Larks, water-hens, Wild-geese, Snipe, Grouse, Pheasants, Wild duck, Seagulls, Cranes and(continues on next page)
