Complete Clue List
Across
1. Not satisfied, as expectations (5)
6. Little one (3)
9. Clear the boards (5)
14. A lengthy attack is also the collective noun for a group of herons (5)
15. Spanish stream, home for water birds (3)
16. Chocolate-flavoured coffee (5)
17. Wading bird with a distinctively shaped beak (9)
19. Mythological blood (5)
20. Very cold and wet; the type of weather when water birds seek shelter (3)
21. The fairy ____ ("Eudyptula novaehollandiae"), species of flightless seabird from Australia & NZ (7)
23. Bard's "before" (3)
24. Star in Orion (5)
25. Skilled, with "in" (6)
27. Autumnal colour found in many birds' names; e.g. the ____ pelican ("Pelecanus occidentalis") (5)
30. Make amends (for) (5)
32. Volcanic flow (4)
33. Of a compass direction; the ____ pintail ("Anas acuta") is a dabbling duck (8)
37. Action plan (6)
40. Moistureless; feathers and an 7D help water birds to keep ____ (3)
41. Great lake with many water birds, including migratory species (4)
42. Male greylag, keen to look around (6)
43. Some future fliers found in a 36D (4)
44. Fire residue; the ____-throated flycatcher ("Myiarchus cinerascens") is a passerine bird (3)
45. Glide on the water's surface or drift with the current; action of an aquatic bird (5)
46. Language spoken in Sarajevo; the region's avifauna includes ducks, geese and waterfowl (7)
50. Musical notes (after dos) (3)
51. Toward the tail (3)
52. "I'M STUCK": the result of a trademark adhesive which improves grip in sports (U.S. inf., anag., 7)
55. Explosive letters (init., 3)
58. Mustelid ("Mustela erminea") which has had a devastating effect on bird populations (5)
60. Military specialist OR African waxbill, the purple ____ ("Granatina ianthinogaster") (9)
62. Wait on (5)
63. Long fish that may be food for some water birds (3)
64. Cappuccino cousin (5)
65. Tattooed (5)
66. Gym unit (abbr., 3)
67. Overact (5)
Down
1. Red letters from the cold war era (init., 4)
2. PAIN could be an Indian palm used for basketry (anag., 4)
3. Cat's cry likely to frighten birds (var., 4)
4. Sense of self (3)
5. Target in an alley (6)
6. INERT rearrangement is a group of three (anag., 5)
7. Duct at the base of a bird's tail, secreting a clear fluid that helps repel water (3,5)
8. LOUT finds resin used in perfumes (anag., 4)
9. Highly respected (7)
10. Giant bird of Arabian myth (3)
11. Pains' partner (5)
12. Ocean's edge and seabird habitat (5)
13. Auriculate, like the black-necked or ____ grebe ("Podiceps nigricollis") (5)
18. Plead; a duck will usually ____ when spying someone with bread (3)
22. Shade of white, naming several bird species, including the ____-billed woodpecker (5)
24. Kigali resident, possibly including Hartlaub's duck ("Pteronetta hartlaubii") (7)
26. Does a cobbler's job (7)
27. Take by theft (UK slang); some birds are kleptoparasites, deliberately taking food from others (4)
28. Indian music, possibly from AGRA (anag., 4)
29. It's usually within your range (4)
31. Craggy peak (3)
34. Descartes's "therefore" (4)
35. Latvia's capital; the country's lakes and marshes are home to water birds (herons and storks) (4)
36. Spot for a sitting duck? (4)
38. Stopped (8)
39. Nirvana attainer (5)
45. Hen, duck, goose or pen (sing., 6)
46. Low-voiced singers (Ital., pl., 5)
47. Frequently; wading birds ____ use their feet to stir up mud when looking for food (5)
48. Large wading bird, cousin of 17A, reputed baby deliverer (5)
49. Third-longest African river also names a country; herons, egrets and 48Ds are found on the river (5)
50. For a bird, hurry, without flying (3)
53. Native Canadian and largest First Nations group whose mythology includes the Thunderbird (4)
54. Edible seaweed consumed by fish, crabs and sea urchins, though not normally by seabirds (4)
55. Josip Broz, familiarly (4)
56. Bottom line, in the U.K. (4)
57. Shade provider which may also be a 36D site (4)
59. Ancient greeting (Lat., 3)
61. Inland water body that may be a bird habitat (3)