Cryptic Puzzle 1

CRYPTIC BIRDS 1

Discover the birds hidden in these clues:

 1. The firm to back. ( 4 )

 2. In distant German city. ( 6 )

 3. Picnic. ( 9 )

 4. Bone quarry. ( 6 )

 5. Having fun on the beach. ( 5, 4 )

 6. Ripped apart. ( 6 )

 7. Peter’s nearly mortal but in a mess. ( 5, 6 )

 8. Smoother heather. ( 10 )

 9. Windsor granny. ( 4 )

 10. Get around a girl. ( 6 )

 11. Knightly target lacking gravity. ( 4 )

 12. Spooner’s rough bigamist. ( 5, 7 )

Answers

1 Coot
2 Fulmar
3 Fieldfare
4 Osprey
5 Shore Lark
6 Dipper
7 Storm Petrel
8 Sanderling
9 Knot
10 Gannet
11 Rail
12 M arsh H arrier