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3. PRINCESS AVENUE MEMORIAL TO A CRIMEAN ANGEL OF MERCY(8,11)
4. WHICH LIVERPOOL SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE ON 7 MAY 1915(3,9)
9. MP WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE KILLED BY AT TRAIN, KNOCKED DOWN BY STEPHENSON'S ROCKET IN 1830.(7,9)
10. THE OLDEST BUILDING IN LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE(3,8)
12. WHICH BIRD IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS A BILLY BITER (4,3)
15. THE MERSEY FERRY 'SNOWDROP' WAS RENAMED AFTER A REFIT WHAT WAS IT ONCE CALLED (10)
16. THE OLD BRIDEWELL ON EVERTON BROW(6,7,5)
20. FEATURED ON RSPB LOGO (6)
22. HEAVENLY HEATHER? (Bird 8)
26. CIDER? (Bird 10)
27. DO AS THIS WADER DOES AND SEE HOW MUCH CHANGE FOURTEEN POUNDS CAN GIVE (9)
28. APICARY’S FOE?(Bird 3,5)
29. WHATS THE WINGLESS BIRD OF NEW ZEALAND CALLED (4)
31. WHERE CAN YOU FIND PETER PAN?(6,4)
32. GIANT ARACHNID VISITER CAPITAL OF CULTURE YEAR (2,7)
33. THESE BIRDS ARE ONLY FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE (8)
34. OWLS COLLECTIVE NAME FOR OWLS (10)
35. WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE ALLERTON OAK(12,4)
38. WHICH FAMOUS STREET IS NAMED AFTER A LIVERPOOL SLAVE SHIP OWNER & ANTI-ABOLITIONIST.(5,4)
39. EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS BIRD(5)
40. WHOSE MONUMENT IS ON EXCHANGE FLAGS(7,6)
45. WHICH FAMOUS ROMAN GODDESS SITS ON THE TOP OF LIVERPOOL TOWN HALL (7)
47. TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES?(4)
48. WHO LIVED AT 20 FORTHLIN ST ALLERTON(4,9)
50. LOCALLY "THE MYSTERY"(9,10)
51. GIVE ME THE MOONLIGHT? LIVERPOOL CROONER(7,7)
52. NICKNAME FOR LIVERPOOL'S OLD OVERHEAD RAILWAY(3,7,8)
53. WHO DESIGNED LIVERPOOL'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL(5,7,5)
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1. WHICH BIRD IS KNOWN AS "THE WARDEN OF THE MARSHES" (8)
2. SMALLEST UK BIRD(9)
5. THE ONLY BIRD THAT CAN FLY BACKWARDS.(11)
6. WHICH WELSH WARTIME EVACUEE CAMP HAS ACCOMMODATED OVER  350,000 VISITING LIVERPOOL CHILDREN SINCE 1939 (9)
7. MOST COMMON BIRD IN MERSEYSIDE GARDEN BIRDWATCH 2008 (9)
8. LUNDY'S FAMOUS INHABITANTS (6)
9. FAMOUS LIVERPOOL STATESMAN & LEADING LIGHT IN THE CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH SLAVERY(7,6)
11. FUNNY IDOL?(Bird 6)
12. MOST COMMON BIRD IN THE UK GARDEN BIRDWATCH 2008 (9)
13. "PEEWIT" IS A COMMONLY USED NAME FOR WHICH BIRD (7)
14. WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO A LIVERPOOL LIBRARY AND A CLOCK(3,5,6)
17. BEACH MUSICIAN? (Bird 9)
18. WHICH BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS MEMORIAL WILL YOU FIND IN ST JOHN'S GARDENS?(7,9)
19. THE RAIN GOOSE OF SHETLAND  (3,8,5)
21. GLAD TIDINGS DEPEND ON HOW MANY YOU CAN COUNT(7)
23. BONXIE?(5,4)
24. "HEDGE SPARROW" IS ANOTHER NAME GIVEN TO THIS BIRD? (7)
25. COLLECTIVE NAME FOR CROWS (6)
26. LARGEST UK BIRD OF PREY(5,6,5)
30. REPUTEDLY LIVERPOOL'S OLDEST PUB(2,4,2,2,4)
36. WHICH BIRD SPECIES ARE KNOWN AS "MOTHERS CAREY'S CHICKENS?" (5,6)
37. SOMEONE WAS HIS FAIR LADY, ACTOR(3,8)
41. COLLECTIVE NAME FOR LARKS (10)
42. "THROSTLE" IS A LOCAL DIALECT TERM FOR WHICH BIRD (4,6)
43. A WINDY EVENING, THIS BIRD CAN BE FOUND(11)
44. HEAVYWEIGHT BIRD RECENTLY RE-INTRODUCED TO SALISBURY PLAIN(5,7)
46. WHAT WAS OPENED ON 18 JULY 1934 BY KING GEORGE V , HIS STATUE IS OUTSIDE (9,6)
47. CYGNUS CYGNUS A WWT FAVOURITE (7,4)
49. UNDER PAR? (Bird 9)

 

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