Bird hearts bumpkin collects (8)
I believe the answer is:
pheasant
'bird' is the definition.
(I know that pheasant is a type of wildfowl)
'hearts bumpkin collects' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hearts' could be 'h' (abbreviation used in card games e.g. bridge) and 'h' is found within the answer.
'bumpkin' could be 'peasant' (I've seen this before) and 'peasant' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pheasant that I've seen before include "Large game bird" , "Game-bird" , "Wildfowl" , "something to pluck?" , "Cock" .)