I hope I'm not breaking WAB rules and won't get told off by the Mods! I've copied this post from the British Birds forum, where I didn't get too much response. Possibly people interested in walking in the Lake District might be better able to respond.
Back in May, I had a week's holiday walking in the Lake District. One day, my friend and I were sat eating our lunch on Sergeant Man (no, not a soldier, a mountain near Great Langdale!) when this Raven spotted us from some way away and flew directly to us. It landed 20-30 feet away and gradually walked closer, ending up about 10 foot away. It obviously associated us with food and was after any crumbs or scraps we might leave behind.
We remembered that a year or so previously on another holiday in the Lake District, another Raven had come incredibly close to us when we were having lunch on Cofa Pike, but we hadn't twigged that it was interested in our food.
I've been going to the Lake District for many years, but haven't had this happen before. Is it relatively new that Ravens associate walkers sitting down with food? Or has it been going on a long time and I've just not noticed? Does it happen elsewhere?
This was the original thread on the British Birds forum:
Raven behaviour in Lake District