Birdwatching word search word list

58 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell. One thing to know if you build grids by hand: FINCH sits inside GOLDFINCH — never put both in the same puzzle, or the shorter one is found twice. The generator keeps them apart automatically.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Albatross
• Aviary
• Beak
• Binoculars
• Bluebird
• Bunting
• Cardinal
• Chickadee
• Condor
• Cormorant
• Crane
• Crow
• Cuckoo
• Dove
• Eagle
• Egret
• Falcon
• Feathers
• Finch
• Flamingo
• Fledgling
• Goldfinch
• Goose
• Grouse
• Gull
• Hawk
• Heron
• Hummingbird
• Jay
• Kestrel
• Kingfisher
• Lark
• Magpie
• Migration
• Mockingbird
• Nest
• Nightingale
• Oriole
• Osprey
• Owl
• Pelican
• Plumage
• Puffin
• Quail
• Raven
• Roost
• Sparrow
• Starling
• Stork
• Swallow
• Swan
• Talons
• Thrush
• Toucan
• Vulture
• Warbler
• Woodpecker
• Wren

Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.

Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Albatross — Ocean wanderer with the widest wings
• Aviary — Large cage for birds
• Beak — Bird's bill
• Binoculars — Two-eyed viewer for distant things
• Bluebird — Sky-coloured songbird of happiness
• Bunting — Strings of little flags
• Cardinal — Bright red crested songbird
• Chickadee — Small bird named for its call
• Condor — Huge vulture of the Andes
• Cormorant — Diving sea bird that dries its wings
• Crane — Tall, long-legged wader that dances
• Crow — Black bird that caws
• Cuckoo — Bird that lays in others' nests
• Dove — Bird of peace
• Eagle — Great bird of prey, national emblem
• Egret — White heron
• Falcon — Fast hunting bird flown from the fist
• Feathers — A bird's covering
• Finch — Small seed-eating songbird
• Flamingo — Pink bird that stands on one leg
• Fledgling — Young bird just able to fly
• Goldfinch — Yellow-winged seed-eater with a red face
• Goose — Honking bird, larger than a duck
• Grouse — Moorland game bird, or to complain
• Gull — Sea bird that steals chips
• Hawk — Sharp-eyed hunter of the sky
• Heron — Long-legged fisher that stands still
• Hummingbird — Tiny hoverer that drinks nectar
• Jay — Noisy, colourful crow relative
• Kestrel — Small falcon that hovers over roads
• Kingfisher — Brilliant blue diver of riverbanks
• Lark — Songbird that rises singing at dawn
• Magpie — Black-and-white bird said to steal shiny things
• Migration — Seasonal journey of flocks
• Mockingbird — Songster that copies others' tunes
• Nest — Home built for eggs
• Nightingale — Famed singer after dark
• Oriole — Orange-and-black songbird
• Osprey — Fish-eating hawk
• Owl — Wise night bird
• Pelican — Sea bird with a pouch under its beak
• Plumage — A bird's feathers as a whole
• Puffin — Sea bird with a striped beak
• Quail — Small plump game bird
• Raven — Black bird that said nevermore
• Roost — Where birds settle at night
• Sparrow — Common little brown bird
• Starling — Glossy bird that flocks in murmurations
• Stork — Long-legged bird said to bring babies
• Swallow — Fork-tailed summer visitor
• Swan — Graceful white bird with a long neck
• Talons — Claws of a bird of prey
• Thrush — Speckled-breasted songbird
• Toucan — Tropical bird with an enormous beak
• Vulture — Bald scavenger that circles
• Warbler — Small bird with a trilling song
• Woodpecker — Bird that drums on trunks
• Wren — Tiny brown bird with a cocked tail

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.