Bird close to old gardening implement (5)
I believe the answer is:
drake
'bird' is the definition.
(drake is a kind of bird)
'close to old gardening implement' is the wordplay.
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close/ending of).
'gardening implement' becomes 'rake' (I've seen this before).
The final letter of 'old' is 'd'.
'd'+'rake'='DRAKE'
(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "Male duck - circumnavigator" , "Ship" , "-'s Drum (Newbolt)" , "Aquatic bird" , "Elizabethan sailor" .)