The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EGRETS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result EGRETS
- Greets migrating birds
- Birds, for example, rest in flight
- Birds go initially into rustling trees
- Waders needed when East River gets turbulent
- Having drunk eight pints, negotiated River Tees in waders
- Fliers sent back from the Postmaster General
- Laments losing first river creatures
- Fliers, for example, and engineers test regularly
- Flyers, for example, and engineers regularly failing in test
- Wading birds like others, twitching tail
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The straight part
We know that "Fliers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fliers = egrets.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EGRETS mean?
EGRETS noun- Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
- A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
- The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
- The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)