The plan was to check some dormouse boxes before breakfast but it was raining when we got up so we postponed to later. Following another lovely breakfast we packed the van and set off up the hill to the laundry again. We walked the small canal looking for salamanders. Sandor found the first one and after that there were several sitting on the stones and even on the top of the wall. We saw 7 in all. There was a Pipistrelle in the bat roost box and then we set off in the opposite direction along a footpath. Sandor climbed up the bank and checked about 10 boxes but there were nothing there. We walked back down to the hotel as Sandor drive round to pick up a forgotten bottle of wine.
We set off South towards Hortobagy stopping at a derelict building in a small wood where there was a significant roost of Mediterranean Horseshoe bats. The building is in a very dangerous state and badly needs some money spent on it just to protect the bat colony.
In the fields we found an Oberthur's skipper, browns, and some flowers before re-boarding the van for the drive to Hotobagy with a quick stop in Milosvic to get my sandal stuck and my bag handle sewn up.
We arrived at the landing stage at about 6.00 and met the captain of a small, very comfortable motor boat with padded cushions and a carpet. He took us out for a ride through the river
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