Possible Clues:

• Bird that flies near the ocean's surface
• Bird demolished pretty morsel
• Bird chewed pretty morsel
• Bird almost replete, it's suggested?
• Mostly err badly about favourite bird
• Person who delights in controversy
• Bird's mostly pert, naughtily holding ends of robe
• Pretty morsel put out for bird
• What might go woof soundly sat on by wild bird
• Popular name for sea bird believed to presage bad weather