| SANDPIPER | Shore bird with a long, slender bill, noted for its three-note call as it flies off (9) |
| GANNET | Large seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish (6) |
| ORION | Celestial Equatorial constellation noted for its three bright stars |
| DRAGONFLY | Insect with a long, slender body, large eyes and two pairs of wings noted for its strong, swift flight (9) |
| RAZORBILL | Sea bird that is a species of auk with a long, slender face; to reach the Balearic Islands from its northern breeding grounds it follows the western Iberian coastline and turns at the Strait of Gibral |
| GOLDENEYE | "Noisy bull-headed" duck with aureate-yellow "mince pies" and wings that whistle as it flies; or, the aphid-eating lacewing, considered a gardener's ocularly gilded prize (6-3) |
| MERGANSER | Large marine diving duck with a long, slender hooked bill (9) |
| DORBEETLE | Coleopterous insect which makes a buzzing sound as it flies |
| AVOCET | Long-legged shore bird with a black-and-white plumage and a long bill (6) |
| SNIPE | Wading bird with a long, slender bill |
| CURLEW | Wading bird with a long, slender bill (6) |
| WOODCOCK | A game bird resembling the snipe, having a long slender bill (8) |
| OFFCHANCE | Remote prospect once chaff flies off (3,6) |
| OYSTERCATCHER | Shore bird with a long stout compressed red bill (13) |
| TRIDARN | Traditional Welsh dresser named for its "three tiers", most likely bearing mugs for beverages, dishes for suppers and tankards for beers (7) |
| CRANE | Shore bird with a long neck |
| TRIAD | A three-note chord consisting of a note and the third and fifth above it |
| DAVIT | If it flies off, it should always be set back on course (5) |
| IBIS | Shore bird with a curved beak |
| HUMMINGBIRDS | Very small American birds with iridescent plumage, long slender bills and narrow wings that vibrate rapidly (12) |
