| WHOOPER | --- swan, aquatic bird with a noisy cry and a black and yellow bill (7) |
| KILLDEER | American plover with a noisy cry (8) |
| MOORHEN | Dark-plumaged waterbird with a red-and-yellow bill (7) |
| MALLARDS | Large ducks, the males of which have a green head and yellow bill (8) |
| SOB | Have a noisy cry |
| PELICAN | Aquatic bird with a long straight flattened bill and distensible pouch for engulfing fish (7) |
| TERN | Aquatic bird with a forked tail and a black- and-white plumage (4) |
| GORILLA | Large ape with long arms, black fur and a black face; it inhabits the forests of central West Africa (7) |
| PLUMAGE | Juvenile gulls have a mottled-grey ___, dull colouring on their legs, and a black bill |
| DRILLED | Bored a hole with a noisy tool |
| RATTLER | Snake with a noisy tail |
| ARSENIO | Hall with a noisy "dog pound" |
| GREATTITS | Common garden birds with yellow and black underparts and a black and white head (5,4) |
| SETTER | With an English breed, an Irish breed and a black and tan breed named after a Duke of Gordon, an active, charismatic gun dog with a keen game sense (6) |
| SWAN | A large aquatic bird with a long neck and usually a white plumage (4) |
| CORMORANT | Aquatic bird with a dark plumage, long neck and body, and a slender hooked beak (9) |
| GREATTIT | UK songbird with greenish yellow plumage and a black and white head (5,3) |
| COOT | Aquatic bird with black plumage and a white bill and forehead (4) |
| BADGER | Stocky, carnivorous, burrowing mammal with strong claws and a black and white striped face (6) |
| WASP | Social insect with a black-and- yellow body and an ovipositor specialised for stinging (4) |
