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Birds scared by beaters (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yellowhammers

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'birds scared by beaters' is the definition.
'yellowhammers' can be an answer for 'birds' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'scared by beaters' bit.

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(Another definition for yellowhammers that I've seen is " Birds".)

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