| SIEGE | Military encirclement; or, a company of bitterns or herons (5) |
| SEDGE | Studied in caricology, a grass-like plant of the wetland habits often frequented by bitterns or herons, hence one of the whimsical words for a collective wedge of said waders (5) |
| BOOMS | Calls of bitterns; or, poles for supporting cameras or microphones (5) |
| SIEGES | Military encirclements |
| TABLE | Slab for/with an inscription; one of the two halves of a backgammon board; or, a company of people seated for supper or a game (5) |
| STAND | A halt or stop; an opinion; a base, pedestal, rack or other support; or, a company of lapwings or plovers (5) |
| REEDS | Wetland grasses forming beds inhabited by aptly named "sedges" of cranes, bitterns, egrets or herons (5) |
| HERON | A fellow joins another fellow for a bittern or an egret maybe |
| BOOM | A bellow or blare of a bittern or bass drum; a bonanza of babies, boodle or bunce; a buoyant barrier; or, a beam (4) |
| PARCEL | From "small portion", a word for a distinct piece or plot of land; an object or a collection of goods, wrapped in a single package; a lot; or, a company, group, party or set (6) |
| CAST | A pair of hawks; a throw at dice; or, a company of actors/actresses taking part in a film, play, opera or ballet (4) |
| ORBIT | Coming from moor, bitterns fly round in a circle (5) |
| WADER | Snipe or heron, eg (5) |
| ARCHERY | Skill or sport of shooting with a bow; or, a company of toxophilites or their weapons collectively (7) |
| ARDEA | It's a dear way of trapping the heron and bittern genus! (5) |
| TERNS | Bitterns lose part for other birds |
| EGRET | Cousin of a bittern |
| MARSH | Habitat for bitterns |
| TIBER | More bitterns holding back river |
| MUSTER | An assembly of troops for duties or inspection; a gathering; or, a company or flock of peacocks (6) |
