Pictures taken by  
Howard Oakley
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  • Pheasant (male) in Mill Copse, Yarmouth
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  • Pheasant (male) in Mill Copse, Yarmouth
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  • Robin at Yarmouth
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  • Rock Pipit in the Yar Estuary, Yarmouth
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  • Song thrush
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  • Linnet on gorse, on the central downs between Whitwell and Wroxall
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  • Chaffinch in hedgerows near Wroxall
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  • Thrush on a hedge at the foot of Shanklin Down, near Wroxall
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  • Green woodpecker or Yarrow at Medina Arboretum, Newport
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  • Buzzard, Isle of Wight
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  • Kestrel hunting over rough ground between Watershoot Bay and St Catherine's Point
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  • Barn owl returning with prey at dusk, near Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall
Birds of the Woods & Fields
With only small urban areas, significant areas of old woodland, and more traditional farming methods, land birds are also abundant. Barn owls are particularly numerous, but surprisingly tawny owls are only rare visitors.