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Bird in river joining lake (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ousel

'bird' is the definition.
(ousel is a kind of bird)

'river joining lake' is the wordplay.
'river' becomes 'ouse' (Yorkshire river).
'joining' says to put letters next to each other.
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'ouse'+'l'='OUSEL'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ousel that I've seen before include "Othello?" , "Bird; louse (anag.)" , "it goes flying" , "Thrush from Seoul, strangely" , "Type of thrush" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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