A Country Pillow Book

A COUNTRY PILLOW BOOK (Index)
A B(i) (ii) C(i) (ii) D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S(i) (ii) T U V W XYZ
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A Hunting Ban. Liberal? Democratic? 345 A Plan for Investment. A Plan for Reform 54 A Review of British Mammals 426 A Share in the Harvest 155 A Sustainable Future for the South West 114 A1101 Outwell (A1122) to Long Sutton (A17) road 344 A20 375 A361 251 A396 92, 422 A40 285 A41 272 A4117 261 A44 Leominster to Worcester road 344 A45 195 A470 199 A482 342 A483 284 A49 368 A528 259 A53 Leek to Buxton road 344 A534 Welsh boundary to Nantwich road 344 A537 Macclesfield to Buxton road 344 A54 Congleton to Buxton road 344 A565 385 A6 Rothwell and Desborough bypass 342 A61 Barnsley to Wakefield road 344 A631 Gainsborough to A1103 road 344 A682 via M65 (J13) to A65 Long Preston 344 A683/A6 to Kirkby Lonsdale road 344 A9 444 A95 292 A97 Huntly-Banff road 88 AA 96 AA Motoring Trust 344 AA warning 344 abandoned by local police 30 abattoir 52, 127, 203, 244, 372 abattoirs 31, 73, 109 Abbotts Hall Farm 268 Aberchirder 88 Aberdeen 177 Aberdeen 372, 394, 420, 456 Aberdeen Angus 66 Aberdeen coast 395 Aberdeen wood 381 Aberdeenshire 44, 126, 143, 290, 384, 395, 410, 439 Aberdeenshire coast 299 Aberdeenshire Council 44, 88 Aberdeenshire estate 341 Aberearon 143 Aberfeldy 18 Aberfoyle 167, 243 Abergele 140 Abergynolwyn 140 Abernethy Forest Reserve 400 Abernethy Reserve Estate 115 Aberystwyth 113 Abingdon 134 abort foetuses 116 abseiling ratcatchers 418 abuse and intimidation 137 Access Committee 241 access rights 74 Accrington 328 accusations of cynicism 112 acid rain 465 acid soils 68 acidic droppings kill trees 461 acidic nature of the water 111 acidic sulphur 465 acorns 63, 157, 473 ACRE 198, 372 Adams, Neil and Susan 361 Adams, Judy 409 Adams, Richard 384 Adams, Roy 466 Adams, Steve 457 Adams, Trevor 308, 433 adder 48, 336 adder bites girl 459 adders 197, 399 Addison, Joseph 220 adrenaline 48, 172, 459 Advanta 52 advertising hoardings in tranquil areas 59 Advertising Standards Authority 120, 160, 260, 303, 406 advertising watchdogs 120 Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes 382 Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) 372 Advocates for Animals 305, 370, 433 Aebischer, Dr Nicholas 43, 79, 249, 367 aerators pump oxygen 331 aerial display 385 aerial feeders 385 aeriation equipment 158 aerospace manufacturing 9 AF Protein 29 affordable homes 83, 439 affordable housing 126, 213, 289, 386 affordable rural housing 232 aflatoxins 3 Afon Clwyd 406 Afon Clywedog 406 Afon Lligwy 324 Africa 26, 29, 41,48, 136, 143, 148, 151, 175, 243, 257, 258, 274, 283, 311, 315, 318, 319, 327, 342, 355, 368, 380, 388, 394, 396, 416, 427, 428, 453, 458, 470 African 146, 207, 337 African pygmy hedgehogs 373 African reserve 265 African wintering grounds 442 ageing farming population 146 Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund 230 Agincourt 395 Agnatha 345 agri-environment scheme 298 agri-environment schemes 79, 295 agri-money aid package 134 agricultural college 333 agricultural hotspots 32 agricultural mafia 357 agricultural poisons 293 agricultural run-off 264 agricultural shows 34 Agricultural Wages Board 301, 305 Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission 68 Agriculture Commissioner 178 Agriculture Minister 24, 30, 54, 100, 101, 112, 127, 131, 266 Agriculture Ministers 68, 325 Agriculture Select Committee 80, 153 agrimoney 143 agrimoney compensation 19 Ailsa Craig 254 Ainsdale 120 Aintree 122, 198, 213 air pollution 31, 319 air pollution caused by burning pyres 129 air quality 11, 329 air rifle 268 air rifle fired through farmyard 403 air rifle thug 194 air travel 319, 366 Airao 368 airborne transmission 105 aircraft and birds collision risk 304 aircraft noise 460 Aird, Pat 25 airgun 402, 447 airgun attacks 163 airgun ownership 282 airgun pellet wound 248 airgun toting youths 163 airgun yob 248 airport 277, 304 airport development 296 airport expansion 319, 322 airport expansion plans 241, 259, 270 airport plans 272 airport proposals 206 airport runway forest fears 366 airport runways 319 airports expansion threat 312 Aker, Rupert 155 al fresco 7 alarming report on poultry and eggs 135 albatross 126, 457 albatross species 59 albatrosses 59, 96 Albert Hall 371 albinism 410 albino 194 albino birds 410 albinos lose out 410 Alco Waste Management 27 alder 171 alder leafing 253 alder trees 38 Alderbury 427 Alderney 125, 194 Aldershot Magistrates Court 132 Aldreth 280 ale 16 algae 419 algal soup 355 Algar, Sue 115 Alice in Wonderland dormouse 472 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 453 alien activity 16 alien conifers 140 alien plants 331 alien species 105, 130 All England Lawn Tennis Club 139, 467 'all singing, all dancing' public inquiry 154 Alladale Estate 453 Allbright-Web, Mabs 223 Allen, Mark 231 Allen, Peter 44 Aller Bridge 438 allergic reaction to multiple stings 67 Allerton Project 235, 286, 299 Allerton Research and Educational Trust 299 Allhallows 249 Alli, Lord 353 alligator 18, 370 alligators 18 Allington Hill 222 allis shad 59 Allison, Hilary 81 Allithwaite 306 allotment holders 321 Allt Mhuic Nature Reserve 317 Allwork, Chris 260 Almere Ferry 366 alphachlorolose 370 alpine birds 62 Alsation-sized cat 278 Alsations 1 Alsbury, Sarah 312 Altcar 15, 102, 193, 201, 203, 288, 292, 381, 432 alternative medicine 90 alternative to fossil fuels 354 Alton Water 402 aluminium smelting plants 281 Alvao National Park 368 Alveston 108 Alwen 218 Alyn Valley 435 Alys, Francis 462 Amar, Dr Arjun 281 Amateur Entomologists' Society 125 Amateur Gardening 8 amateur naturalists 38, 255 amateur shooters 349 amateur sports shooters 356 amazing haven for newts 433 ambelopoulia 176 amber-list criteria 396 Amble 37 Ambleside 249 Ambleside Youth Hostel 249 America 16, 21, 267, 473 American 27, 228, 254, 262, 264 American animal welfare groups 137 American GM firm 29 American greys 289 American immigrant 369 American immigrants 145 American import 63, 364 American oak species 429 American pressure group 156 American robin 386 American signal crayfish 132 American snapping turtle 150 American students 160 American tough guy 339 American turkey 419 American upstart 339 American Veterinary Medical Association 148 American-based 150 American-based pressure group 134 Americans 243 Americas 340, 432 Amersham 75 ammonia 301 Amnesty International 137 Amoco Cadiz 5 among rarest trees 404 amorous male frogs 84 amphibians 107, 291, 292, 298 Amsterdam 469 anacondas 147 anaemia 395 anaphylactic shock 48 ancient breeding grounds 437 ancient broadleaf woods 140 ancient burial grounds 229 ancient burial sites 466 ancient Caledonian pinewoods 124 ancient forest 418 ancient graves 310 ancient hare communities 91 ancient hill fort 51 ancient monuments 236 ancient name for Cornwall 429 ancient path 57 ancient settlements 184 ancient sport 201 ancient trail 229 ancient tree bat roosts 302 Ancient Tree Forum 150 ancient trees 150, 177 ancient wood 276, 319, 428 ancient wooden site 10 ancient woodland 75, 85, 164, 192, 207 267, 270, 277, 285, 297, 317. 307, 312, 343, 350, 366, 474 ancient woodland heritage 108, 213 ancient woodland site 157 ancient woodland sites 140 ancient woodlands 45, 181, 206, 217, 331, 454 ancient woods 171, 199, 236, 253, 259 Anderson, Dr Iain 187 Anderson, Peter 172 Anderson, Ray 181 Andover 427 Andrews, John 295 Angel Hotel 4 Angel of the North 40 Angle Directory 201 angler 44, 57, 144, 150, 245, 247, 279, 292 angler dragged to death 336 angler finds piranhas 407 angler finds seahorse 411 angler fined 105 angler girl 392 angler using a spinner 376 angler's angry catch 245 angler's maneater catch 368 angler's unusual catch 224 anglers 'never had it so good' 448 anglers 1, 6, 11, 20, 37, 38, 45, 55, 56, 57, 60, 72, 86, 92, 97 105, 109, 110, 111, 119, 124, 137, 147, 148, 150, 152, 156, 192, 196, 200, 201, 211, 231, 258, 264, 288, 297, 299, 321, 328, 331, 334, 337, 337, 366, 367, 376, 384, 401, 406, 433, 461 anglers boosted 361 anglers caught 307 anglers checked 229, 288 anglers face court 307 anglers face cruelty probe 388 anglers facing fines 313 anglers fastening numbered tags 109 anglers furious 308 anglers in London 417 anglers wasting their time 349 anglers' advice on salmon 377 anglers' astonishing outlay 399 anglers' catches 397 anglers' fishing lines 57 anglers' lead shot 188 Anglesey 324, 438 Anglesey Red Squirrels 460 Anglia 264 Anglian region 201 Anglian Water Osprey Project 314 angling 20, 37, 45, 86, 92, 119, 124, 125, 127, 137, 144, 165, 169, 170, 173, 221, 243, 247, 258, 286, 305, 306, 307, 313, 321, 349, 359, 364, 370, 372,384, 388, 395, 418, 423, 433, 438, 442, 468 angling alert 315 angling and fish-eating 150 angling club 297 angling clubs 6, 137, 144, 201, 315, 360, 392, 397 angling community 124, 144, 152, 170 angling groups 156, 158 angling issues 200 angling lake 291 angling licence blitz 403 angling licence dodgers 229 angling magazine 448 angling organisations 147, 150 angling proficiency badge 124, 144 angling promotion 295 angling row 310 angling supporters 92 angling syndicate 72 angling tackle 328 angling tax collectors 337 Anglo-Saxon word for dung 412 Anglo-Scottish Fishermen's Association 80 Animal Action 82 animal activists 156, 399, 468, 471 Animal Aid 96, 105, 114, 122, 136, 148, 153, 167, 180, 184, 185, 191, 198, 213, 310, 361, 374, 425, 456, 465 animal aid organisations 97 Animal Aid praises Madonna 469 Animal Angels 97 animal carcasses dumped 426 animal carcasses food for foxes 233 Animal Care Team 448 animal cruelty 139, 397 animal experiments 46 Animal Health and Welfare Committee 45 animal health and welfare rules 289 Animal Health and Welfare unit 228 animal health certificate 195 Animal Health Division 154 Animal Health Minister 397 animal husbandry 120 Animal Liberation Front 177 animal movements 186 animal organs for human transplant 22 animal protection Bill 359 animal rights 'nutcases' 101 animal rights activists 99, 114, 137, 160 animal rights agenda 119 animal rights campaigners 87, 105, 122, 171, 198, 207, 280, 310, 358, 366, 370, 375, 427, 465, 466, 469 animal rights fanatics 341 animal rights group 184, 191, 213 animal rights group attacked 451 animal rights groups 81, 144, 154, 189, 193, 268, 278, 321, 367, 374, 435, 436, 456 animal rights industry 156, 180 animal rights issues 137 animal rights lobby 185 animal rights movement 142, 179, 231, 243 animal rights organisations 90, 269 animal rights protesters 92, 96, 100, 119, 136, 137, 150, 153, 177, 201, 204, 308, 384, 402, 425 animal rights saboteurs 45 animal rights supporter 304 animal rights violence 97, 172 Animal Samaritans 186 animal transport codes 430 animal welfare 169, 181, 200, 324, 333, 360, 345, 472 Animal Welfare Bill 322, 327, 427, 463 animal welfare campaigners 29 animal welfare chiefs 142 animal welfare concerns 359 animal welfare crisis 171 animal welfare friendly 109 animal welfare grounds 261 animal welfare groups 256, 305, 321 animal welfare issues 139 animal welfare laws 378 animal welfare legislation 87, 274 Animal Welfare Minister 260, 289 animal welfare officer 391 animal welfare organisations 193 animal welfare promotion 438 animal welfare standards 245 animal welfare tool 293 animal welfare work 374 animal welfare workers 429 animal-free mince pies 185 animated cigar 123 animosity between magpies and jays 159 anniversary of mass trespass 219 Annual Autumn Symposium 426 ant queen 242 ant workers 242 anti-angling campaigners 295, 308 anti-angling group 295 anti-angling pack 119 Anti-Apartheid Movement 137 anti-bloodsport campaigners 102 anti-bloodsport groups 82 anti-British sentiment 107 anti-coursing 354 anti-coursing campaigners 288 anti-cruelty campaigners 322, 354, 381, 413 anti-cruelty film 31 anti-fieldsports stance 124 anti-fishing message 119 anti-foxhunting views 125 anti-GM campaigners 67, 457 anti-GM protesters 352 anti-hunt 2, 5, 94 anti-hunt 209, 211, 251 anti-hunt Bill 181, 324, 325, 359, 360, 391 anti-hunt camp 271 anti-hunt campaigner 401 anti-hunt campaigners 6, 21, 38, 187, 200, 232, 237, 244, 286, 290, 304, 347, 367, 424 anti-hunt charity 111 anti-hunt groups 15, 90, 104, 113, 115, 122, 129, 256, 324, 368, 375, 433, 438 anti-hunt Labour MPs 427 anti-hunt law 471 anti-hunt laws 344 anti-hunt legislation 261 anti-hunt lobby 90, 321 anti-hunt London MP 140 anti-hunt movement 391 anti-hunt MP 137 anti-hunt MPs 38, 117, 193, 231,378, 414, 426, 447 anti-hunt protesters 71, 97, 375, 407 anti-hunt roadshow 243 anti-hunt stance 142, 304 anti-hunt vote 100 anti-hunting 231, 345, 418, 420 anti-hunting Bill 28, 139 anti-hunting committee 286 anti-hunting lobby 88 anti-hunting MPs 351, 401 anti-hunting stance 214 anti-microbial drugs 135 anti-milk campaign 134 anti-noise campaigners 42 anti-peat campaign 399 anti-poaching measures 226 anti-racing activities 180 anti-runway protesters 319 anti-snare campaigners 263 anti-social behaviour 321 anti-terrorist 384 anti-wasp spray 323 antibiotics 160 antibiotics in intensive farming 135 antihistamines 172 antlers entangled in a fight 99 Antrim 337 ants 48, 242 ants' nest 351 ants' nests 242 aphid eaters 49 aphid sex pheromones 49 aphids 49 Aphrodite 299 Apicius, Marcus Gavius 472 appalling chapter 193 Appeal Court 43, 45, 291 apple 54 Apple Day 172 apple salesmen 350 apple trees apples 178, 249, 350, 388 apples originated in Middle East 350 Appleton, David 50, 466 Appleton, Graham 386 April Fool's joke 298 Aquarium of the Lakes 142 aquatic habitats 331 aquatic mammals 27 aquifer 442 Arab mares 390 Arable Area payments 265 Arable Area Payments Scheme 282 arable crops 153 arable farmers 134, 143, 173, 265, 421 arable farmland 49 arable farmland fears 354 arable farmland turned into saltmarsh 268 arable farms 81 arable flowers 413 arable producer 93 arable silage 423 arable stewardship scheme 71 arable support payments 134 arachnophobes 477 arboretum 157 arboricultural operations 262 archaeological and ecological evidence 140 archaeological records 282 archaeological sites 163 archaeological treasures 399 archaeologists 108 Archer, Richard 180 Archers radio series 208 Arctic 41 Arctic char 105 Arctic seal 184 Arctic skuas 311, 394 Arctic tundra 437 Ardrossan Harbour 221 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 460 Aren't Birds Brilliant! 399 Aren't Welsh Birds Brilliant! 333, 453 Argentina 3 Argyll 70, 190 aristocrat among birds 55 Arlingham 409 armed crime 282 armed officers 285 armed police 338 Armson, Gili 453 Armstrong, Hilary 94 Armstrong, Les 36 Armstrong-Brown, Dr Sue 71 army cadets 199 Army crackshots 53 army mascot 290 Army rifle range 53 Army training 92 Arnold-Forster, David 89, 104, 165 aromatherapy 90 aromatherapy massage 35 arrows of desire 403 Arrowsmith, Pat 255 arson attack on farm 403 art 154, 274 Arthur Rank Centre 61 Arthur Rank Centre Addington Fund 121 artificial cliffs for nest sites 101 artificial earths 162, 279 artificial nests 306 artificial otter holts 150 artificial sett 88, 301 artificial setts 320, 389 artist 253 artists 350 Arundel Castle Cricket Ground 343 asbestos 54 Asda 4, 28, 41,60, 79, 87, 100 ash 23, 171, 240, 340 ash before the oak 240 Ashbrook, Kate 57, 100, 145, 219, 241, 291 Ashby Ville Lake 245 Ashcombe Estate 469 Ashcroft, Keith 213 Ashdown Forest 192 Asher, Jane 350 Ashford 46 Ashington Stream 14 Ashley Green 466 Asia 12, 62, 166, 342, 431, 461 Asian longhorn beetle 112 Asian origin 105 asparagus 403 asparagus from Mediterranean 403 Aspergillus fungus 3 Aspey, Frank 129 assaults 328 Assistant Chief Constable 438 Assistant Chief Constable of Sussex Police 466 Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare 418 Association of British Dogs and Cats Homes 132 Association of Chief Police Officers 130, 382, 433, 438, 466 Assured Food Standards 356 Assynt 178 asthma 11 Aston Clinton 93 asylum seeker crisis 321 Atherstone 177 Atkins, Jane 192 Atkinson, Kevin and Anne 87, 128 Atlantic 258 Atlantic Salmon 29, 173, 377, 400 Atlantic Salmon Federation 259 Atlantic salmon stocks 353 Atlantic white-sided dolphin 337 Atlas of the British Flora 255 atlas tremendous resource 255 atmospheric pollution 255 attacking a policeman 172 attacks on hunt staff 97 Attenborough, Sir David 41 attitudes to pine martens 75, 339 attract bees to garden 408 auction markets 145 auctioneers 122 Austin, David 474 Australia 202, 243, 372, 411 Australian 188 Australian capital 128 Australian nettle species 434 Australian swamp stonecrop 275 Austria 67 Austrian 68 authoritarian prejudices 47 Auto Express magazine 295 autograph wall 51 automated credit transfer 29 automatic crow scarers 99 autumn colours 460 autumn grouse densities 43 autumn reds and golds 75 Autumn Symposium 433 autumn woodlands 75 autumn-sown cereals 11, 234 autumn-sown crops 437 Aventis 187, 382 average age of a fisherman 144 average earnings 143 average income for a farmer 333 Avery, Dr Mark 16, 41, 49, 60, 79, 88, 128, 253, 330, 368, 384, 386, 393 Avery, Mark 174, 449 avian flu 462, 465 avian influenza 465 aviation 'threat to tranquillity' 460 aviation fastest source of greenhouse gas 319 aviation policy 366 Aviation White Paper 448 Aviemore 218, 221 avocet 27, 207, 330 Avocet Line 352 avocets 29, 404 avocets largest ever single flock 297 avocets' train line 352 Avon 4, 75, 339, 403, 467 Avon Valley trail 237 Avon Wildlife Trust 107 Axminster 277 Ayares, Dave 22 Aylesbury 46, 417, 439, 474 Ayliffe, Alison 253 Ayrshire 221, 254, 365 Ayrshire Farm 416