| FIELDFARE | Winter-visiting thrush related to the redwing, often forming a flock in the countryside (9) |
| FIELD | Word linking with "fare" for a migratory thrush forming flocks in the countryside in winter (5) |
| REDWING | Euphorbia cultivar sharing its name with a winter-visiting thrush (7) |
| KINE | Cattle appearing in a flock in Egypt (4) |
| SCHOOL | Flock in the water |
| RURALDEAN | He looks after flocks in the country |
| TEDLINDSAY | Canadian who played for the Redwings |
| SHRIKE | Winter-visiting, predatory 'butcher bird' (6) |
| LARK | Forming a flock known as an exaltation and used to describe an earlyriser, a bird immortalised in an orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams (4) |
| SHEEP | Forming a flock sometimes led by a bellwether, an animal whose name is given to a person who is easily led |
| SONGTHRUSH | Warbling garden bird similar to a redwing (4,6) |
| THRUSH | Blackbird, redwing or fieldfare, for example (6) |
| HTEST | Operation Redwing event, 1956 |
| SNOWDROPS | With a Latin name meaning "milk flower", symbolising hope and loved by galanthophiles, "Candlemas bells" often forming drifts under trees (9) |
| CHAPARRAL | Dense vegetation comprised of tangled shrubs and dwarf evergreen oaks, often forming thickets (9) |
| THREEFOLD | About to divide the flock in several parts |
| POOPDECK | The aftermost and highest level in a ship, often forming the roof of a cabin built in the rear (4,4) |
| SCREE | Accumulation of stone and rock at the foot of a cliff or hillside, often forming a sloping heap, and which can be recreated at the edge of rock gardens (5) |
| COPPER | Metal often forming a patina of verdigris as a result of weathering (6) |
| PERGOLA | Framework for climbing plants more open than a trellis, often forming a covered walk (7) |
