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Wading bird environmentalists catch (10)

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I believe the answer is:

greenshank

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'wading bird' is the definition.
(greenshank is a kind of wading bird)

'environmentalists catch' is the wordplay.
'environmentalists' becomes 'greens' (members of the Green Party).
'catch' becomes 'hank' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'greens'+'hank'='GREENSHANK'

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(Another definition for greenshank that I've seen is " Shore bird".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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