If you have visited the blog over the last couple of days and wondered why there hasn't been any recent updates it's because I have been away to West Yorkshire.  What's more, the weather is blizzard like with snow storms and drifts.  Whenever I come up to this part of the world I like to take the opportunity to see a few species that I wouldn't normally encounter in the West of England. It is going to be hard to do this on this trip, we are snowed in. On Monday,before I left the almost balmy county of Devon, I had the opportunity to visit Berry Head near Brixham with Plymouth birder and photographer Phil Stidwell, a nice chap who takes and sees some good stuff.  He had told me of this very confiding bird that would give me some really good photo opportunities.  When we got there, as usual,I wasn't certain of finding it but I needn't have worried because we almost,  literally stepped on it.  It was feeding constantly and showed no fear whatsoever, the most easily approachable bird that I have ever seen.  To cut a very long story short, I took lots of photographs and even though this one isn't necessarily the best it is a good representation of this lovely bird.