| NAKURU | City in Kenya famous for its spectacular flocks of flamingos |
| STARLINGS | A murmuration is a spectacular flock of these birds (9) |
| STAND | Company of plovers; a flock of flamingos; a platform for a band; or, a framework with hooks for hats (5) |
| COLONY | A flock of flamingos is called a stand, flamboyance or ___ |
| BLACKPOOL | English seaside port famous for its annual ballroom dance competition and its spectacular illuminati |
| TIDE | In the Bay of Fundy, it's spectacular |
| NYERI | City in Kenya, site of the tomb of Robert Baden Powell (5) |
| STANDS | Booths from which street food is cooked and sold; adjustable frames or "desks" for holding sheet music during performances; or, companies of flamingos or plovers (6) |
| NAIROBI | Largest city in Kenya, the birthplace of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (7) |
| MOMBASA | Masses round Mogadishu's capital, like a city in Kenya (7) |
| CRECHE | French word for a nursery also used to describe a flock of flamingo (6) |
| PINION | Wing of flamingo finally removed from view (6) |
| PLUMPS | Cluster of trees, herds of seals, flights of ducks/geese, flocks of waterfowl or groups of spearmen (6) |
| SPECIES | There are six ___ of flamingo |
| SKEINS | Flocks of wild geese in flight; lengths of coiled yarn; winning streaks in sports; or, tangles/webs (6) |
| HILLS | Elevated landmasses smaller than mountains such as Marilyns, summited in a form of peak bagging; flocks of ruffs; or, tumps of earth created by burrowing moles (5) |
| WISPS | Word for flocks of snipe; friars' lanterns; petite girls/slight boys; twists of hay or straw; small brooms; strands or streaks of hair or smoke; or, tufts (5) |
| GAMS | Word for herds, pods or schools of dolphins, porpoises or whales; social visits, originally between whalers at sea; flocks of large sea birds; women's legs; or, in the Scots language, mouths, teeth or |
| WINGS | Badge of a qualified pilot; or, flocks of plovers or groups of dragons (5) |
| FALLS | Cascades of water; lower petals of irises; or, flocks of woodcock (5) |
