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What twitchers do to find romantic couple (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lovebirds

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'what twitchers' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'do to find romantic couple' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'couple' could be 'love' (loving is a kind of coupling) and 'love' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'birds' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lovebirds that I've seen before include "Affectionate parrots" , "Small African parrots or romantic couple" , "Small African parrots or romantic couples" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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