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Getting back to cryptics for a while . . .

I know the answers to these but will post for others to enjoy(??)

The answers are all . . Birds

21-10) 1. "Mr Cartoons" fancied swimmers (10
21-10) 2. Birds with no homes resettled around river (8
21-10) 3. Whack crazy Charlie out . . it's a bird (4
21-10) 4. Bro' I can confuse a pigeon (7
21-10) 5. Non-singers arranged octaves (7

4 Nicobar is an anagram of 'Bro I can'

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicobar_pigeon

5 avocets - anag of octaves

3 hawk - anag of whack minus C (Charlie)

2 Moorhens - anag of no homes + r (river)

1 cormorants - anag of mr cartoons

Looks like 'chrisg' gets the bun . .

Good response so will post more from time to time

what sort of bun is it ?

A Bun(daberg Rum) next time I see you in a pub :)