Stacey Solomon slips into a plunging black swimsuit as she rings in the first pool day of the year at Pickle Cottage

Summer has finally arrived in the UK after weeks of bad weather.

And Stacey Solomon made the most of it by ringing in the first pool day of the year at her home, Pickle Cottage on Sunday.

The TV presenter, 34, slipped into a plunging black swimsuit, complete with a white trim and circular belt.

Finally, she pulled her hair back into a bun and threw one arm in the air while posing for a mirror selfie.

Stacey wrote: 'Lifeguard duty for me for the rest of the day. Time for the first Pickle Cottage pool day of 2024.'

Stacey Solomon, 34, made the most the hot weather on Sunday by ringing in the first pool day of the year at her home, Pickle Cottage

Stacey appeared to be feeling better after giving herself a black eye while trying to a build a coop for her new ducklings.

The Loose Women panellist has been busy renovating Pickle Cottage and recently homed two ducklings - for which she has already built a play pen.

But taking to Instagram on Tuesday morning, Stacey revealed that after an impulsive late night decision to build the coop for the ducklings in dim lighting, she accidentally gave herself a black eye.

A cut could be seen in the middle of Stacey's left eye where she had dropped part of the coop on it during building.

'I thought "If I don't put it up right this second I won't put it up until the weekend",' she said. 'And any normal person would say "It's fine put it up at the weekend, they're not going to be in that coop for another six weeks" but my toxic trait is if there's something in front of me I have to do it immediately.

'So I persisted to build a duck coop in literally dusk, dusk lighting and I got to the roof, got to the triangle bit on the roof and dropped it on my eye [laughs].

'Ugh why am I like this? So that'll be fun at the shoot tomorrow. It will probably be worse tomorrow. It's always worse the day after the day after.'

Her injury did not stop her expressing her excitement however, as she added: 'But it was worth it. I'll show the coop it looks really good.

'I've still got to do the base and dig out the pond but it is really cool and I'm very excited.'

Stacey wrote: 'Soo happy I spent all week cleaning up out here because it's finally hot!'

Stacey appeared to be feeling better after giving herself a black eye while trying to a build a coop for her new ducklings on Tuesday

The Loose Women panellist has been busy renovating Pickle Cottage and recently homed two ducklings - for which she has already built a play pen

Stacey revealed the two new additions to her family on Instagram last week, as she shared a video of two of her children Rex, five, and Rose, two, cuddling the ducklings, as she asked fans for name ideas.

She wrote: 'Welcome To Pickle Cottage Little Ones. We are so excited to love you & we hope you love living here & being a part of our crazy family. We have no idea what to call our new babies yet, so any suggestions welcome.

'Honestly wanted to make our garden home to ducklings for so long so thank you @luisazissman from giving us the opportunity to raise your hatchlings.'

Days later, Stacey issued an update on her duckling journey, as she shared a video of her and Rex building a play pen for them.