Bird of a strange sort I found in Germany (7)
I believe the answer is:
ostrich
'bird' is the definition.
(ostrich is a kind of bird)
'a strange sort i found in germany' is the wordplay.
'a strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i found in germany' becomes 'ich' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sort' with letters rearranged gives 'ostr'.
'ostr'+'ich'='OSTRICH'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ostrich that I've seen before include "Torch is held over large bird" , "with a big nest egg" , "non-flyer?" , "Fast-running African flightless bird" , "Nut-burying type" .)