Well I have returned to work today after a few days of illness during which time the most exciting thing to happen was a wander around Tescos in my nightie.

Today I was hoping for a light and skivey sort of time and I didn't do too badly.  It was a nice sunny day, conducive to lazing around and taking your time.  Here is a Great Tit doing exactly that:

Sun bather

In the morning I took a long and pleasant stroll to the far side of the reserve with one of the volunteers to open the paths which had been blocked off for the protection of the Peregrine chickies.

I found this:

Dead common shrew

After another pleasant stroll back around to the Peregrine Site it was time for a sit down and lunch.  Then I put out my moth trap, hard work carrying that car battery up the hill, but for my moths: worth it.  Then I dawdled back dwelling on the beautiful sights of summer:

Ringlet

In the afternoon it was time for a leisurely butterfly transect (It is specifically in the instructions that you go slowly!) and then back for a pleasant half hour of "admin".  A lift home from The Boss made sure that I had plenty of energy left... so I went shopping and got a very attractive Peace Lily (cost: 99p) who I have named McKay and who will hopefully inspire my previous lily Carter to regrow a little more enthusiastically.