A combination of family commitments, decorating, car not starting, and foul weather have limited my sightings this last week or so!
My original goal of seeing 10 new species of butterfly in the UK is just about out of reach already.. unless the weather picks up very soon, on a day when I can nip out for a couple of hours.
Surveying with the Bat group has been enjoyable however, with an evening spent checking bat boxes in a local woods. Plenty of Brown Long Eared Bats, and a chance to examine at close quarters this common but fairly elusive bat.
Also saw a Badger cross the road in front of my car on the return to Milton Keynes.
An evening walk along the Grand Union near Bletchley saw lots of Natterer's and I am sure I am close to locating a roost. Also a Hobby whizzed past low along the canal about 30 minutes after dusk. Had a superb view of him for less than a second through the torch!
Finally, caught up with one of our rarest bat species (a Barbastelle) near a known colony.. Didn't see it mind, but the echolocation on the bat detector was unmistakeable. | 
