| SEDGEWARBLER | A European bird of reed beds and swampy areas, with a streaked brownish plumage and white eye stripes (5,7) |
| WETLANDS | Bogs, fens, marshes, reed beds and other freshwater habitats whose species include dippers, herons, kingfishers, otters and water voles (8) |
| MARBLECAKE | Confection with a streaked or mottled appearance (6,4) |
| WHEATEAR | Migratory songbird with a black eye stripe |
| NUTHATCH | Small, short-tailed songbird of the family Sittidae, with black eye-stripe (8) |
| MIRY | Wet and swampy |
| FLATASAPANCAKE | Dull fool in two areas with a northern coat, describing a plain? (4,2,1,7) |
| ORCA | Seagoer with a white eye patch |
| AVIAN | Like white-eyes and wheatears |
| TUI | New Zealand bird of the honeyeater family with a bluish-green plumage and white tuft under the throa |
| SEAEAGLE | Fish-eating bird of prey that lives near the coast; having a brown plumage and white tail (3,5) |
| WOODWARBLER | Bird with yellow plumage and white under parts that inhabits deciduous forests (4,7) |
| KITE | European bird of prey with a deeply forked tail such as the Red ? (4) |
| BEARDEDTIT | Small bird, of which males have a black moustache, frequenting reed-beds (7,3) |
| MARSHHARRIER | A bird of prey that frequents reed beds (5,7) |
| COOTS | Water birds with black plumage and white bills |
| NIGHT | Many top Nazis were taken from their beds and shot in a purge which became known as the ... Of The L |
| MELODICA | A wind instrument with a small keyboard having a row of reeds (8) |
| THATCH | A roof of reed, rush or straw, banned in London in 1212 after a major fire (6) |
| PANPIPES | A number of reeds or whistles of graduated lengths, bound together to form a musical instrument (8) |