Seabird’s cry in Aberdeen, repeated character to the fore (5)
I believe the answer is:
egret
'seabird's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for egret that I've seen before include "Stork-like bird" , "one with plume" , "White wading-bird" , "Heron-like wader" , "Type of forty eight Ac" .)