(Source: London Evening Standard)
General meaning ⇒ Name of a bird ⇒ a predator ⇒ found in the same environment as the "other" birds?
"retreat" ⇒ reverse the letters in the answer to get the "other" birds
"other birds" ⇒ collective noun or plural of a type of bird ⇒ e.g. "auks"
Answer ⇒ skua