| SKYLARK | Ground-nesting bird of farmland and heath, known for its song (7) |
| LAPWING | Crested ground-nesting bird (7) |
| OILBIRD | Nocturnal cave-nesting bird of northern South America (7) |
| STORMPETREL | Tremor spelt trouble for ground-nesting bird |
| GUILLEMOT | Black and white cliff-nesting bird of the auk family |
| HEDGE | Boundary of trees and shrubs dividing farmland and rural landscapes, typically hawthorn, blackthorn, hornbeam, hazel, oak, dog roses, honeysuckle, ivy, traveller's joy... (5) |
| PASTURE | Wild-flower-rich grassland providing grazing for livestock and a habit for lapwings, meadow pipits, skylarks and other ground-nesting birds (7) |
| KATYDID | Grasshopper named for its song |
| ROOKERY | Group of nesting birds in castle a" early, oddly? (7) |
| DOWLING | Surname of the real-life twins who play Cathy and Heath Hope in Emmerdale (7) |
| AIRHEAD | Feather-brain to help nesting bird (7) |
| TOSSING | Throwing its song out (7) |
| MATILDA | Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger's daughter (7) |
| PATRIOT | The -, 2000 historical film drama starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger (7) |
| LINNETS | From French roughly translating as "birds that hover above flaxseed", melodic finches of farmland, named for their fondness of said seed (7) |
| HEATHER | Common plant of moors and heaths (7) |
| ACREAGE | Loosely agree with article on Clarkson's first tract of farmland? (7) |
| ARACARI | Half of farmland cold and mostly dry, landing fruit-eater with massive bill |
| TRACTOR | Expanse of farmland needs alternative mechanised equipment (7) |
| NIGHTINGALE | Small bird of the thrush family, noted for its song (11) |
