Check on a very loud small island bird (9)
I believe the answer is:
chaffinch
'bird' is the definition.
(chaffinch is a kind of bird)
'check on a very loud small island' is the wordplay.
'check on' becomes 'ch' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.**).
'very loud' becomes 'ff' (musical abbreviation).
'small island' becomes 'inch' (I've seen this before).
'ch'+'a'+'ff'+'inch'='CHAFFINCH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chaffinch that I've seen before include "Small European songbird" , "European bird with black and white wings" , "flier" , "Common bird" , "Singer" .)