Vole!

I've been bashing away at the keyboard all day, working on Book 3: this one's about comets and extinction events....

 

This (plus the foul weather!) kept me in the office, but there were still a couple of unexpected pleasant interludes.

 

First of these was a Purple Hairstreak that alighted on the beech hedge in front of my office just long enough to be certain of the i/d but not to obtain a photo. Then a scurrying under the feeders announced the return of our 'pet' Field Vole: one rodent I don't object to seeing in the garden!