Complete Clue List
Across
1. A brilliantly coloured bird
6. Large fish-eating bird
8. Small woodland bird
12. ___throat, passerine occasionally seen on passage
13. Family of wading birds, glossy is occasionally seen in Britain
14. A male swan
15. Puffins and razorbills belong to this family
16. You should ___ disturb a bird at its nest site
18. Written by unknown hand
19. Abbreviation meaning a medical practitioner
20. An introduced game bird
21. To compete for territory perhaps
22. 'The mountain linnet'
23. A pale brown
24. A common British tree
26. Male birds sing to attract one
28. Bird found along fast flowing rivers
30. Mute swans are considered to be ___ birds
31. Latin abbreviation for 'that is'
32. A Winter thrush
Down
1. A common passage wader
2. Wader with conspicuous white rump (two words)
3. Swifts usually return to the ___ nest
4. Seabird whose numbers have declined dramatically (two words)
5. Large noisy wader
7. Brightly coloured southern European species, occasionally seen in Britain
9. A favourite garden bird
10. The feral pigeon's wild ancestor (two words)
11. To flow back
17. A compass direction
18. The green woodpecker is one of the few British birds that eat this insect
20. A small sea bird
22. Small duck
24. Old term for a snake
25. A species of British wagtail
27. Golden___, a diving duck
28. To expire
29. A long period of time