A chilly, gusty north-easterly wind with cloud and fog early on, but dry.

In need of a chill, I went up onto Steephill Down initially, at 7.55am, getting the following:

Chaffinch: 9
Goldcrest: 3
Goldfinch: 15
Chiffchaff: 5
Blackbird: 19
Ring ouzel: 1
Pied wagtail: 2
Linnet: 1
Song thrush: 5
Hobby: 1
Meadow pipit: 2
Redwing: 1

A walk west along Whitwell Road produced:

Song thrush: 1
Blackbird: 4
Redwing: 1
Woodpigeon: 15
Goldfinch: 2
Chaffinch: 1
Chiffchaff: 1

Two visits to Pelham Wood produced:

Golden plover: 2 east
Ring ouzel: 1
Chiffchaff: 11
Pied wagtail: 1
Meadow pipit: 13
Blackbird: 30
Jay: 5
Song thrust: 1
Goldcrest: 20
Chaffinch: 16
Song thrush: 4

I then dropped down into St Lawrence. Along the road above Bank End Farm, I recorded:

Meadow pipit: 6
Chaffinch: 3
Siskin: 5
Linnet: 1
Blackbird: 3
Pied wagtail: 1
Jay: 1
Chiffchaff: 3
Goldcrest: 2

Around Woolverton Road and Woody Head:

Chaffinch: 10
Redwing: 5
Pied wagtail: 8
Chiffchaff: 1
Linnet: 8
Blackbird: 4
Meadow pipit: 4
Grey wagtail: 1
Mistle thrush: 1
Starling: 50
Goldfinch: 8
Jay: 4
Brent goose: 3
Gannet: 9

The fantastic steam above Binnel Bay held:

Chiffchaff: 11
Goldcrest: 18
Skylark: 1
Chaffinch: 5
Song thrush: 1
Grey wagtail: 1
Siskin: 6
Firecrest: 1

Birds in/over the St Lawrence Shute area (a real sun trap):

Blackbird: 6
Jay: 1
Goldcrest: 9
Skylark: 1
Chiffchaff: 1
Song thrust: 5
Chaffinch: 2

Old Shute (off Ocean View Road) at 1.20pm produced:

Lapwing: 40 west (good record for Ventnor.....)
Blackbird: 2
Song thrush: 2
Meadow pipit: 15 (all north)
Siskin 1
Goldcrest: 2

In the afternoon, there were 60+ house martins feeding over the town, with 6 song thrushes in St Caths churchyard, a chiffchaff on Southgrove Rd, 5 chiffchaffs, 9 blackbirds and two song thrushes around The Grove car park, and nothing at all on Bellevue Road on my way home at dusk!