Hard bird word search
Lapwing, nuthatch and the long-tailed tit: a birdwatching grid for older children, keen birders and grandparents. Twenty-eight birds in eighteen by eighteen squares, in every direction.
- Albatross
- Barn owl
- Chaffinch
- Cormorant
- Cuckoo
- Curlew
- Goldfinch
- Great tit
- Jackdaw
- Jay
- Kestrel
- Lapwing
- Long-tailed tit
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Nuthatch
- Oystercatcher
- Partridge
- Peregrine falcon
- Pheasant
- Puffin
- Rook
- Starling
- Tawny owl
- Thrush
- Treecreeper
- Wagtail
- Wren
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| H | A | H | A | G | M | T | I | L | W | M | R | T | Y | P | T | B | E |
| X | C | C | N | J | T | C | U | R | L | E | W | R | H | N | S | S | R |
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| U | G | F | G | F | H | L | T | Y | I | A | R | C | A | O | Y | R | E |
| F | H | F | N | H | D | I | A | U | T | E | O | R | H | S | O | T | K |
| F | T | A | I | H | T | L | L | F | D | L | O | E | T | C | V | A | M |
| I | J | H | W | E | S | I | O | O | E | T | K | E | U | U | O | B | O |
| N | A | C | P | W | E | U | N | G | L | N | R | P | N | C | C | L | Y |
| D | R | K | A | A | L | E | R | G | I | C | I | E | T | K | O | A | I |
| I | P | N | L | D | A | W | E | H | A | T | U | R | O | O | R | D | T |
| E | E | B | S | K | A | I | O | T | T | L | G | C | G | O | M | V | U |
| O | G | E | E | C | U | S | C | Y | G | H | E | E | A | E | O | G | U |
| T | N | A | S | A | E | H | P | T | N | F | L | W | O | N | R | A | B |
| N | D | N | D | J | E | N | K | H | O | W | T | F | A | V | A | E | T |
| A | T | A | P | R | K | G | N | I | L | R | A | T | S | B | N | I | P |
| H | E | E | G | D | I | R | T | R | A | P | O | T | X | A | T | B | K |
Find these words
- Albatross
- Barn owl
- Chaffinch
- Cormorant
- Cuckoo
- Curlew
- Goldfinch
- Great tit
- Jackdaw
- Jay
- Kestrel
- Lapwing
- Long-tailed tit
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Nuthatch
- Oystercatcher
- Partridge
- Peregrine falcon
- Pheasant
- Puffin
- Rook
- Starling
- Tawny owl
- Thrush
- Treecreeper
- Wagtail
- Wren
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About this word search
The Lapwing is sometimes called the peewit after its call, and the Cuckoo is named after its call too. This is a list for keen birders, with names that range from garden visitors like the Nuthatch to seabirds such as the Puffin and the Cormorant.
Words run in every direction, backwards and diagonally included, across eighteen squares. Peregrine falcon and Oystercatcher are the longest and easiest to anchor. The J in Jay and Jackdaw and the K in Kestrel are useful clues.
A good follow-up is to pick five birds from the list and listen to recordings of their calls. Some, like the Cuckoo, are easy to recognise once heard, and others take years to learn.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, pupils check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or the holidays. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in Italian too
The same theme also exists in Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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