Sound of bird caught by Dickensian villain (5)
I believe the answer is:
cheep
'sound of bird' is the definition.
'cheep' can be an answer for 'sound' (cheep is a kind of sound). I am not certain of the 'of bird' bit.
'caught by dickensian villain' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'dickensian villain' becomes 'heep' (Uriah Heep, villain in Dickens' David Copperfield).
'c'+'heep'='CHEEP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cheep that I've seen before include "Chirrup" , "Chirp" , "tweet" , "Weak cry of young bird" , "Young bird's cry" .)