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Bird of course mostly seen in wild gardens (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sanderling

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

'course mostly seen in wild gardens' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'course' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for sanderling that I've seen is " wading bird".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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