Saw a few ravens showing humans who's boss in the air as the humans parawing thingies glided around the crinkle crags in the lakes. They flew between chute and flyer upside down clawing at the canopy checking it out. They were really taking the pi$$ out of the humans. Beautiful to see and more than a little bit funny too. Bright birds and full of fun.
Another time we stopped for lunch at a small rocky outcrop. It was the only spot sheltered from the wind and dry in a boggy area. So obviously a common lunch stop spot like why we stopped. As soon as we started eating a bird came soaring in from the distance. Landed on the edge of the dry area near where we were eating our lunch then hopped in to beg for food. I think that raven ate more of our food than we did! Fun to watch.
Another lunch or rest spot on a grassy side of Scafell. A sound like a small toy helicopter came from behind us. We all looked up to see a raven gliding down the slope, over our heads and down the slope less than a meter above the ground. The helicopter sound I think was from loose feathers on the underside of its wings flapping in the wind. It was so close i was certain i could see the individual fibres of some of those loose feathers as they flapped. I could have reached up and touched it I reckon but we were dumbstruck at seeing such a majestic bird.
