A trip to Spurn in the winter is a fairly unusual birdwatching pastime, but with the weather on the west coast looking a little grim, a trip into Yorkshire was planned. Steve B, Kevin C & myself made up the team. A Green winged Teal at North Cave N.R. was our first stop, it was a dry, bright, but bitterly cold morning as we searched the various lagoons. The local warden then told us that the bird will be hiding somewhere and would probably be seen again during the afternoon! We left and made plans to call on the way home. A diversion on the way towards Hull had us visiting parts of the city that we have never been to before, the football / rugby stadium looks very impressive. We eventually got back on the correct road and were soon approaching Easington and a search for the long staying Rose coloured Starling began. After around 20 minutes the bird could not be found in its normal hedge, Steve commented, It`s not been much of an auspicious start to the day A pattern seemed to be developing, maybe! As we approached Kilnsea wetlands a large flock (600+) of Brent Geese were feeding fairly close to the road, what a cracking sight as we all enjoyed the spectacle. We visited the sea watching hide and saw 20+ Red Throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 2 Gannets, lots of passing auks. Then 6+ Snow Bunting flew right in front of the hide, we tried to re-locate them but we couldnt as the beach area was full of sea fishermen. At Holderness fields Kevin found out that the long staying Green winged Teal (not the same one as North Cave) had been refound on the wetlands. Well off we went to the hide and after lots of searching realised that it wasnt there, again! The tide was coming in so we had a look at the various waders and saw: - Knot, Grey Plover, Black tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Redshank, Lapwing and best of all was a Jack Snipe (well found Steve B) Time for another go for the Rose coloured Starling in Easington, again with the same result. The gloom was beginning to descend, so another call at North Cave had to be put on hold (what with our luck today) Around the Leeds area the snow was beginning to fall and in the Rochdale area it had been falling all day. A wise decision to go out east then. Good days birding arriving home at 6-15pm. Dave O.