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River and lake bird (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ousel

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

'river and lake' is the wordplay.
'river' becomes 'ouse' (Yorkshire river).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lake' becomes 'l'.
'ouse'+'l'='OUSEL'

(Other definitions for ousel that I've seen before include "it goes flying" , "Louse (anag.); blackbird" , "Dark-faced type of yore" , "dipper" , "Bird similar to blackbird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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