Your thoughts on this year's Springwatch

[Neil Rigby]

This year we tried out lots of new things. We had a new presenting team. Simon went to Wales for the first time. Martin has been encouraging you to get some wildlife into your holidays this year. Gordon has been getting to know badgers and getting on the road to respond to stories that you've told us about. We gave you Springwatch Unsprung on Red button. We opened up the show and the website much more to you, the audience, and your own, incredible stories, experiences, home movies, photos, opinions and questions.

So how did we do? As I am sure you know, over the last five years we've been constantly evolving what we do and how we do it (that's what makes my job the most interesting and rewarding job in broadcasting!). So do please help us evolve further for many years to come by telling us what you think. After all, it's your show and your website. Let us know what you've liked - and not liked - by posting a comment below on this blog.

You may also have specific ideas about what subjects or stories we might cover in future TV series and websites. If you do, I've set up three special blogs to capture these ideas.

• If you have specific ideas for Autumnwatch, please click here
• If you have specific ideas for next year's Springwatch, please click here
• If you have specific ideas for our website, please click here

On behalf of the whole team, I really hope you've enjoyed this year's Springwatch. Don't forget that, although the webcams and the messageboards shut down soon, the rest of the Springwatch website stays up between Springwatch and Autumnwatch, and has loads of information on UK wildlife, links to other useful sites on the web, plus suggestions of things to do and places to go to connect with - or help out - our wonderful wildlife.

The In depth pages will remain up and allow you to continue to add to our collective knowledge of, and debate around, some of the big themes and issues that have arisen during Springwatch 2009. The TV shows may be over, but nature will continue to delight, amuse and amaze us all. Over to you to keep that feeling alive until we see you again for Autumnwatch.

Cheerio for now. Have a great summer.

Tim Scoones, Springwatch Executive Producer




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