School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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- Name / Nesting Place / Description of Nest, Eggs and FoodCrane or Heron / Tops of tall trees / Platform of twigs with a slight hollow. White eggs nearly as large as a hen egg with brown spots. Food:- fish and frogs.Pheasant / Side of a grassy fence with good cover / Moss and dry grass. Eggs-: brown with black spots about 12 in number. Food :- seeds, insects, ants, and worms.Owl / In a hole in a hollow tree. / Brittle sticks and dry moss. White eggs shaped like balls. Food:- rats, mice.Hawk / Top of a fir tree / Twigs, mud, lined with dry grass. Eggs:- White with brown spots. Food -: Small birds and young animals.Rook / Tops of unclimbable trees. / Sticks, papers, rags and grass. Food :- Seed, worms, potatoes, and grubs. Pale blue eggs.
- Collector
- Denis Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí