The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BRAMBLING
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The straight part
We know that "Bird/gathering hedgerow fruit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bird/gathering hedgerow fruit = brambling.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does BRAMBLING mean?
BRAMBLING noun- A finch, Fringilla montifringilla of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.