The crossword
ACROSS
1 Finch with a musical song (6)
4 Animals (6)
9 Natterjack, perhaps (4)
10 Plant also known as the tropical white morning-glory (10)
11 Another name for a longhorn beetle in the genus Monochamus (6)
12 ___ eel, ocean fish in the family Serrivomeridae (8)
13 Alpine wildflower (9)
15 Filament that grows from a follicle (4) 16 Bird that may be collared or mourning (4)
17 ___ pine, North American evergreen (9) 21 Noise-producing frog organ (5,3) 22 Season for leaf-peeping (6) 24 Black-and-white bird of Australia (6-4) 25 Puffins and guillemots, say (4) 26 Grassland ecoregion (6)
27 Small falcon (6)
DOWN
1 Spotted cat (7)
2 Tropical seabird that may be brown or black (5)
3 Organism in the genus Ulmus (3,4) 5 Small bird of prey of Mexico and the southern USA (3,3)
6 Fruiting body of a fungus (9)
7 Mosquito, informally (7)
8 Coastal arthropod (9,4)
14 Old name for a tomato (4,5) 16 Himalayan cedars (7)
18 New World bird that may be boat-tailed or velvet-fronted (7)
19 Wading bird of the Americas, sometimes called the crying bird (7) 20 Roosting or hibernating, possibly (6) 23 ___ camera, remote recorder often used to film wildlife (5)
June crossword
Across: 1 Sahara, 4 Survival, 9 Nordic, 10 kangaroo, 12 rainbird, 13 Attila, 15 bird watchers, 18 house sparrow, 21 orchid, 22 all fours, 24 mackerel, 25 endive, 26 chanting, 27 whales.
Down: 1 sungrebe, 2 harriers, 3 rainbow lorikeet, 5 Ural, 6 vegetarian finch, 7 verdin, 8 loofah, 11 British, 14 thistle, 16 troupial, 17 twisters, 19 formic, 20 acacia, 23 tern.