The diaries about wildlife in my garden in Hampshire (England) began as I followed the nesting of Blue Tits and Robins in 2000.

Since then they have continued annually with nesting diaries (with webcams), reports on the wildlife that lives here or visits us, and the occasional holiday trip, including some underwater photography. 

Unfortunately, over the last few years The diaries have suffered gaps of increasing length and I'm afraid that family matters, along with my CFS meant that 2011 saw the longest gap yet, with the diary coming to an end before June.

While the garden was badly neglected by me for much of the year, we had another successful nesting season in the Swift boxes, with three pairs each raising six chicks, which was brilliant. I have put up a four more boxes for them this Spring.

2005 saw the garden featured in the BBC's Spring Watch television series, and in 2006 we were visited again by the BBC, this time for a Radio 4 program called Shared Earth.