Creature Comfort

[sanderson08]

sorry to bother you all again
answers are either animals reptiles birds or fish / all help greatly appreciated
1 seaside sweet treat with common bird 4 . 6 letters
2 not a rare guardsman 6 .9 letters
3 large swimmer guides ship into port 5.5 letters
4 prickly rear sunbeam 9.3 letters / could be something ray ?
5royal double raptor 7 .4 .5 letters
6feline hesitation column 11 letters
7like a large dog but wooden 6 . 4 letters

[ubasses]

6 caterpillar

[Baldric]

3 PILOT WHALE

[vakayu]

5 British Kite Marks

[Captain2]

1 rock pigeon

[Baldric]

1 ROCK PIGEON

[quinie]

1 rock pigeon?

[Captain2]

2 common grenadier

[mallyh]

2 thornback ray

[vakayu]

2 ? irregular

[vakayu]

ignore mine

[mallyh]

that was 4 sorry

[quinie]

2 Commom grenadier?

[quinie]

2 Common.You beat me to it,Captain2

[Captain2]

Are you calling me 'common' there quinie? Actually I think you are right!

[mallyh]

7 timber wolf

[quinie]

I would never call anyone with an avatar like yours common,Captain2 lol

[sanderson08]

thank you so very much for all your kind help to
ubasses
baldric
vakayu
quinie captain2 mallyh

sorry for being a bit thick you all make the answers seem so easy

[mallyh]

you're most welcomex