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6 Small, noisy crow with grey crown (7) 7 Yellow-flowered Eurasian shrub, also called whin or woodwaxen (7) 9 Deciduous tree in the family Betulaceae, related to hazels and alders (5) 10 Nocturnal bird related to the nightjar – could be short-tailed or rufous-bellied (9) 11 The ___ tern, pale with a dark bill, nests at RSPB Coquet Island (7) 13 Colourful neotropical bird, related to the bee-eaters and kingfishers (6) 15 Sooty-coloured chat, known for nesting in built-up areas (5, 8) 19 Fruit tree of Southeast Asia, Baccaurea motleyana (6) 20 Member of the Old World songbird family Timaliidae (7) 23 Narrow-bodied predatory fish that may grow up to 3m in length (6, 3) 24 Vegetables of the genus Allium with long, broad stems (5)

26 Georg Wilhelm _____, an 18thcentury scientist after whom an eider, sea eagle and sea cow were named (7)

27 Another name for the marbled tuffet moth of North America (7)

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1 Cliff of exposed limestone that may be home to nesting ravens or peregrines (4)

2 Plant in the mustard family, named after a US state (6)

3 North American shrub, also known as bearberry honeysuckle, that produces pairs of dark-coloured fruits (9)

4 Anadromous or ocean-going form of the fish Salmo trutta (3, 5)

5 Butterfly whose black wings are patterned with orange and white (3, 7)

6 Large stork of South America that feeds on fish, amphibians, eggs and carrion (6) 7 Coyotes and jackals, for instance (4) 8 North ___, US state in which lies Theodore Roosevelt National Park (6)

12 Lizard-like amphibian, such as the olm or axolotl (10)

14 Californian flowering plant with pink petals, named after the clay in which it grows (5, 4)

16 Flying insect sometimes known as daddy longlegs (5, 3)

17 Flowering plant from which saffron is derived (6)

18 The ___ fir is a native conifer of the Appalachian Mountains (6)

21 Forest bird of Africa and Asia – the collared finchbill or yellow-throated leaflove, for example (6) 22 Ursine mammal (4) 25 Genus of damselfly whose name is taken from Greek myth (4)