Finally I've been fortunate enough to spot a Bearded Tit while out on the Somerset Levels.

I had a camera with me and got a few shots off using my 70-200 with a 1.7conv.  Nothing dramatic but at long last I’ve seen this beautiful creature which has, for many years, been my bogie bird. 

"You should have been here an hour ago, there was a flock of them". So often I’ve been victim of that terrible phrase!