| BULLFINCH | Garden and woodland bird known collectively as a bellowing (9) |
| GOLDFINCH | Depicted in a painting by Carel Fabritius that inspired a novel by Donna Tartt, a colourful garden bird known collectively as a charm (9) |
| LITTLEOWL | Species of the bird known collectively as a parliament, associated with goddesses Athena and Minerva (6,3) |
| PHEASANTS | Game birds known collectively as a bouquet when flushed (9) |
| CHAFFINCH | Small woodland bird also called a spink |
| CHILTERNS | An area of rolling chalk hills and woodlands where much of Midsomer Murders was filmed; one of the 38 AONBs in England and Wales (9) |
| HIGHWEALD | Area of heath and woodland in south-east England (4,5) |
| SWALLOW | An abyss; a throat; or, a migratory fork-tailed bird known collectively as a flight, a flock or a gulp (7) |
| NEWFOREST | Breed of pony indigenous to an area of Hampshire/Wiltshire heath and woodland of the same name (3,6) |
| TAWNYOWLS | Woodland birds (5,4) |
| BUNTING | Finch- or sparrow-like bird known collectively as a mural; or, a string of colourful maritime flags or fabric/paper triangles for decorating a boat, festival, street fair or party (7) |
| OWLET | The young of a bird known collectively as a parliament (5) |
| DUCK | Water bird known collectively as a paddling or a raft (4) |
| JACKDAW | Related to raven, rook and crow, bird known collectively as a clattering (7) |
| ROOK | Crow-like bird known collectively as a building, clamour, congregation, parliament and storytelling (4) |
| STARLING | Garden bird known collectively as a murmuration during its winter flocking ritual (8) |
| DRAKE | The male of the bird known collectively as a badelynge, bunch, raft, paddling, team or a safe (5) |
| PIGEON | Looked after by a fancier, bird known collectively as a kit, flight or loft (6) |
| SPARROW | With two species in the UK, a finch-like bird known collectively as a host, quarrel or tribe (7) |
| CLAMORING | Bellowing |
