Possible Clues:

• Bird, parrot's first sweetheart
• Wading bird quietly settled across lake
• Pair admitting strong affection for shore bird
• There's nothing in the outskirts of Pinner for this flier
• Lapwing relative
• Short-billed wading bird
• Sandpiper relative
• Political organisation returns father to gregarious bird
• Lapwing-like bird
• Type of shorebird