| SKOMER | Small island off the Pembrokeshire coast noted as a colony for puffins and Manx shearwaters (6) |
| PUFFIN | Auk inhabiting locations including the Faroe Islands, the Isles of Scilly, Skokholm off the Pembrokeshire coast and its neighbouring Skomer (6) |
| MAHOGANY | Wood which was the reason for the creation of British Honduras as a colony |
| ANTEATER | Might one take the inhabitants of a colony for lunch? (8) |
| SETTLEMENT | A colony, for example, was based on full payment (10) |
| ANTS | Insects know collectively as a colony, army or a swarm (4) |
| ARAN | ____ Islands, isles off Ireland's west coast noted for their knitted jumpers (4) |
| FARNE | Island group off Northumberland, famous for puffins (5) |
| LUNDY | Largest island in Bristol Channel, famous for puffins (5) |
| SANDEEL | Fish that is important food source for puffins (4,3) |
| SCILLY | Isles of -; an archipelago off the coast of Cornwall noted for flora and fauna including Atlantic grey seals, puffins and scented narcissi (6) |
| WARREN | A burrow system of a colony of rabbits, often taken over by nesting puffins or shearwaters (6) |
| PETREL | Any seabird of the family Procellariidae, related to the albatrosses and shearwaters (6) |
| FULMAR | Gull-like seabird related to the petrels and shearwaters (6) |
| LIELOW | Stay hidden in the middle of alien colony for a week |
| STIVES | Artists' colony for canonised American composer? (2,4) |
| ALCIDS | Auks, puffins and related birds |
| FLORIDAKEYS | A chain of small islands off the coast of the South East US, dividing the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico (7,4) |
| STBRIDES | Castle, bay and village on the Pembrokeshire coast (2,6) |
| SOLVA | Sounds like one who's answered the clue 'Village on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path'! (5) |
