Today I saw three butterflies, the first I have seen since I got here. One was fritillary like and the other two were a type of white.  Later I went exploring and found an elevated part of our area looking out over a grassy field.  This proved to be very popular with hirundines and resulted in a new species for this trip and indeed a lifer, amongst the swooping birds were three Red-rumped Swallows Hirundo daurica. I will be visiting this area again, hopefully for some photos and anything else that may turn up. 
Later I had another piece of luck, I was walking back from my dinner when I noticed a bird circling above, I immeditely recognised it as a Bee-eater, a few seconds later it called and confirmed my ID.  This was a European Bee-eater Merops apiaster but by the time I had grabbed my camera it had drifted off and I could hear it calling in the distance.