| ROOKERY | What is a breeding colony of turtles called? (7) |
| ELOISE | Girl of kiddie lit with a pug named Weenie and a turtle called Skipperdee |
| TERRAPIN | What is an edible N American turtle called (8) |
| HOTBED | Warm bunk is a breeding-ground |
| ROCKERY | Breeding colony of large black birds; Garden for alpine plants (7) |
| HERONRY | A breeding ground or colony of aigrettes/egrets, harnsers or related waders, yet also called a rookery (7) |
| GULLERY | Breeding colony or roost of gulls (7) |
| TESTUDO | Genus in the tortoise family of turtles |
| SIBERIA | Heading on Spain's airline to a breeding ground for birds (7) |
| NEST | A bed of a being, bink of a bee, burrow of a badger or literal "sitting-down place" of a bird, built in the process of nidification; or, the brood occupying such a breeding ground (4) |
| SNAPPER | Kind of turtle or fish |
| BALE | A large bundle of cotton, hay or paper; or, a group of turtles (4) |
| BALES | Groups of turtles; or, quantities of bundled hay, straw or cotton (5) |
| STUDS | Read of a breeding animal at start of the year (5) |
| SNAPPERS | Informal word for photographers; reddish fishes in the Lutjanidae family; or short word for a species of turtles with powerful jaws (8) |
| ILLUSTRATED | With pictures of turtles laid out (11) |
| NICARAGUAN | ___ slider, species of turtle native to a Central American country (10) |
| MANTARAY | American photographer capturing head of turtle, a sea creature (5,3) |
| TWO | Number of turtle doves in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| HARDBACK | Type of book giving description of turtle? (8) |
