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Bird finding husks in church (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaffinch

'bird' is the definition.
(chaffinch is a kind of bird)

'husks in church' is the wordplay.
'husks' becomes 'chaff' (husks of corn).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'chaff'+'in'+'ch'='CHAFFINCH'

'finding' is the link.

(Other definitions for chaffinch that I've seen before include "Common bird" , "flier" , "Garden bird" , "European bird with black and white wings" , "Small European songbird" .)

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