BBC Wildlife - UK (2021-12)

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ACROSS
1 See 16
4 Fen plants, Menyanthes trifoliata (9)
9 Grass-eating animals (7)
10 Herring-like fish of the Great Lakes (7)
11 Spiral-horned African antelope (5)
13 Tropical seabird (5)
15 Derek , British conservationist (3)
16/1 Marine mammal of the Pacific (3, 5)
17 Tasmanian
, carnivorous marsupial (5)
19 Member of the rail family (5)
21 Large falcon of the Palearctic region (5)
23 Virus of Africa, passed on by rodents (5)
24 River; source is Pumlumon, Wales (3)
25 Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (initials) (3)
26 Scavenging birds of prey (5)
28 Snout moth (5)
29 Immature frog (7)
31 Gibbon of South-East Asia (7)
33 Perennial plant of heath and wasteland,
also called sour weed (3, 6)
34 ___ whale, cetacean that might by
short-finned or long-finned (5)


DOWN
1 Living things (9)
2 Lizard-like reptile of New Zealand (7)
3 deer (3)
4 Large ruminant of prairie (5)
5 Male swan (3)
6 Seabird related to the gannet (5)
7 Island in the Lesser Antilles, home to
endemic snake and lizard species (7)
8 Very small insectivorous rodent (5)
12 Deciduous tree in the birch family (5)
14 Yorkshire
National Park (5)
18 Grassland habitat of southern Africa (5)
19 Bird that might be whooping (5)
20 Plant in the family Orobanchaceae (9)


October answers
Across: 7 pomelo, 8 blowhole, 9 Himalaya, 10
drongo, 11 woodcock, 12 ursine, 13 triggerfish, 18
bumble, 20 sea eagle, 22 auklet, 2 3 asp viper,
24 botanist, 25 cougar. Down: 1 monitor, 2 red
alder, 3 tomato, 4 woodruff, 5 shoots, 6 elegant,
8 black redstart, 1 4 great tit, 15 scabious, 16
Audubon, 1 7 blue jay, 19 balsam, 2 1 alpaca.
Winner: A Williams, England

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE


We’ve made seven changes to this amazing photograph of African elephants on the move in Kenya’s Maasai Mara – the adults are forming
a defensive ring around the calves to guard them from predators. How many can you spot? Answers can be found on page 109.


The crossword


22 Bush cricket (7)
24 Songbird that might be pied or yellow (7)
25 ___ buffalo, endangered bovid of India
and South-East Asia (5)
26 ___ Protocol, agreement on climate
change made in 1997 (5)
27 Fibrous plant of Mexico (5)
30 Hearing organ (3)
32 Freshwater fish in the Cyprinid family (3)
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