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At the start of the year, make a resolution to record the activity in your garden for one whole twelvemonth cycle. Use a hardbacked notebook or desk diary and keep it somewhere near at hand so you can make notes when you come in from the garden. Every event is worth recording, from the appearance of the first snowdrop to the last holly berry disappearing in the beak of a visiting fieldfare.

Keeping a notebook is not just a pleasant exercise, it will also help you to plan next year’s garden and monitor changes in the frequency and behaviour of local wildlife. It doesn’t need to be elaborate or a literary masterpiece, just the date and a few notes will do. As the garden develops and the range of species increases, it will provide a lasting record not only for your own use, but perhaps for future owners of your house and garden.