| LEK | Small area of ground used for courtship displays by birds such as the black grouse and the bird of p |
| COCKLES | Bivalve molluscs inhabiting rockpools, estuaries, sandy bays and muddy shores; consumed by humans as a seaside snack and by birds such as oyster catchers (7) |
| SMALLGAME | Squirrels, grouse, and the like |
| PETREL | Here's an LP about a tree and the bird in it (6) |
| PLOT | Small area of ground |
| PATCH | Small area of ground |
| ROOTS | A plant's organs growing under the ground, used for anchorage and stability as well as the conduits through which moisture and nutrition are taken in (5) |
| ORCHARD | Piece of ground used for the cultivation of fruit trees (7) |
| CERE | In birds such as the parrot, the waxy structure at the base of the beak that contains the nostrils (4) |
| PISTE | Strip of ground used for fencing (5) |
| PARK | A plot of ground used for public recreation (4) |
| SNIPE | Forming in wisps and drumming in aerial courtship displays, a wading bird of grasslands and marshes related to woodcocks, curlews and sandpipers (5) |
| HITCH | Type of knot; a movie with Will Smith; or, the nickname of the director whose films include of Strangers on a Train, Rear Window and The Birds (5) |
| TROSSACHS | Loch Lomond and the -; wooded glen and national park, home to ospreys, pine martens, red squirrels and black grouse, setting of Rob Roy (9) |
| GREBE | One of a "water dance" of dabchicks or great crested birds who build floating nests and whose courtship displays were studied by Aldous Huxley's brother Julian (5) |
| SWANNERY | A managed colony of birds such as the one at Abbotsbury in Dorset, written records of which go back to 1393 |
| OWLS | Birds such as the "little" examples whose genus commemorates the Greek goddess of wisdom Athene (4) |
| GREYHEN | The female of the black grouse (7) |
| PAVO | The Peacock constellation bordered by Apus the Bird of Paradise and Tucana the Toucan (4) |
| OWL | The bird of Athena, the Greek goddess of practical reason, was this kind of bird. |
