Birdwatching Word Search
A free Birdwatching word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: BINOCULARS, GUIDEBOOK, BIRDING, BIRDER, BIRDWATCHER, SPOTTING, WATCHING, NOTEBOOK, JOURNAL, CAMERA, TELESCOPE, FEEDER.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Birdwatching word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- BINOCULARS /baɪˈnɒkjʊlərz/ (British), /baɪˈnɑːkjuːlərz/ (US) · noun
- An optical device consisting of two small telescopes mounted side by side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing a viewer to use both eyes simultaneously for viewing distant objects. Related: field glasses, opera glasses, spyglass.
- GUIDEBOOK /ˈɡaɪd.bʊk/ · noun
- A guidebook is a book that provides information and practical advice for visitors to a place, often including details about places of interest, travel routes, accommodation, and local customs. Less commonly, it can mean a book giving instructions or guidance on a particular subject. Related: travel guide, tour guide, handbook, manual.
- BIRDING /ˈbɜːrdɪŋ/ · noun
- The activity or hobby of observing and identifying wild birds in their natural habitat, typically with binoculars and a field guide. Related: birdwatching, bird watching, ornithology.
- BIRDER /ˈbɜːrdər/ · noun
- A person who watches and identifies birds as a hobby or pastime; a birdwatcher. The term often carries a slightly more informal or enthusiast connotation than 'birdwatcher', sometimes implying a keener devotion to the pursuit. Related: birdwatcher, twitcher, ornithologist, birder.
- BIRDWATCHER /ˈbɜːrdˌwɒtʃər/ · noun
- A person who observes and identifies birds in their natural habitat, typically as a hobby or for scientific study. Related: birder, twitcher, ornithologist, bird enthusiast.
- SPOTTING UK /ˈspɒtɪŋ/; US /ˈspɑːtɪŋ/ · noun and verb
- Spotting is the act of noticing or identifying someone or something. It can also refer to a small mark, blemish, or defect appearing on a surface. Related: detection, discovery, identification, observation.
- WATCHING /ˈwɒtʃɪŋ/, /ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ/ · verb (present participle and gerund)
- Watching means looking at or observing something attentively. Depending on context, it can also mean monitoring someone, keeping watch over something, or protecting and tending someone or something. Related: observing, monitoring, viewing, eyeing.
- NOTEBOOK /ˈnoʊtbʊk/ (US), /ˈnəʊtbʊk/ (UK) · noun
- A small book or pad used for writing notes, often with a protective cover. By extension, a notebook can mean a portable personal computer, especially a laptop, and in computing a digital, cell-based document used for code or analysis. Related: notepad, pad, jotter, diary.
- JOURNAL /ˈdʒɜːrnəl/ · noun
- A record in which events, thoughts, experiences, or observations are written down, especially a personal diary. It can also mean a periodical publication containing news, articles, or commentary on a particular subject. Related: diary, record, log, chronicle.
- CAMERA /ˈkæm(ə)rə/ · noun
- An optical device that captures and records still images or video by focusing light onto a photosensitive surface or electronic sensor.
- TELESCOPE /ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/ (British); /ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/ (US) · noun and verb
- A telescope is an optical instrument that collects and focuses light, allowing distant objects to be viewed and magnified. As a verb, it means to look through a telescope or, figuratively, to make something seem less important or extensive by focusing attention elsewhere. Related: spyglass.
- FEEDER /ˈfiːdər/ · noun
- A person or thing that feeds, especially one who supplies food to animals, or a device or channel through which food, material, or data is supplied. It also denotes a road, river, or line that carries traffic or flow into a larger main route. Related: supplier, provider, trough, dispenser.
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