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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F. Dring and Sons Ltd 371 Fabian Society 137 face of farming 71 face skinned 158 factory farming bird flu fears 465 Faeroe Islands 152 failure of oilseed rape crop 361 Fair Share of the Bottle 19 Fairfach 285 fairy flax 340 fake cliffs 446 fake cliffs erected among skyscrapers 101 Fakenham 432 falcon 17, 129, 165, 175 falconer 134, 168, 316, 411, 439 falconers 268 falconry 261 falconry business booming 268 falconry display 129, 316 falconry experts furious 463 falconry school 146 falcons 469 Falk, Steve 328 Falkirk 335 Falkirk Royal Infirmary 335 Falkland Isles 126 Falklands 96 Falklands Government 96 Falklands War 96 fallen stock service 232 fallow deer 287, 300, 307, 364, 370, 382, 415 fallow deer adopted by sheep 202 Fallow Deer booklet 370 fallow stag 287 Falls of Clyde 192 Falmouth 387 False Oat grass 294 Families 4 Hunting 322 family dogs 89 family farms 53 fanatical campaigner 177 Far East delicacy 325 Far Eastern gourmets 30 Far Forest 338 Far Ings Nature Reserve 432 Farber, Daniel 406 Fareham 66 Fareham Borough Council 333 Farlow 285 Farlows of Pall Mall 427 farm 104 farm 82 farm accidents 146 farm blazes 52 farm contractor 128 farm foods v tourism warning 424 farm gate price 247 farm gate prices 253 farm gates 42 farm groups 326 farm incomes 374 farm scale trials 3, 25 farm shops 102 farm slurry pollution 108 farm suicides 145 farm trial site 187 farm union representatives 42 farm workers 57, 146 Farm-Scale Evaluations 238 farmed salmon 429 farmed salmon escapees 217 farmed salmon escaping 353 farmer 2, 16, 30, 32, 36, 38, 40, 43, 44, 45, 50, 52, 62, 66, 71, 77, 83, 87, 88, 90, 93, 103, 114, 130, 151, 154, 158, 186, 187, 203, 204, 226, 240, 254, 275, 277, 285, 291, 295, 296, 313, 324, 335, 354, 358, 365, 408, 410, 416, 422, 426, 435, 468 farmer blasted dogs 116 farmer fined 392 farmer killed 145 farmer plays classical music to porkers 333 farmer tragically killed 351 farmer trampled 259 farmer's cremations bid 416 farmer's crop 67 farmer's son beaten up 403 farmer's unions 115 farmer's wife 20 Farmer, Bob 333 farmers 'cannot protect lambs from foxes' 469 farmers 'should be able to gas badgers' 472 farmers 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, ,35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 88, 92, 93, 94, 94, 96, 100 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 131, 134, 136, 142, 145, 146, 147, 152, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157 ,161, 162, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 177, 178, 179, 180, 183, 183, 184, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 200, 202, 203, 208, 210, 211, 215, 216, 222, 224, 228, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 245, 247, 249, 251, 253, 256, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 268, 282, 286, 291, 293, 295, 296, 299, 301, 308, 309, 313, 314, 315, 319, 320, 321, 326, 327, 328, 331, 333, 335, 339, 342, 343, 348, 353, 356, 356, 358, 359, 360, 361, 363, 364, 367, 378, 380, 385 389, 394, 395, 396, 397, 408, 409, 415, 416, 421, 430, 436, 437, 438, 441, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 456, 457, 462, 475 farmers and geese 419 farmers at edge of bankrupcy 78 farmers average £4,000 loss 72 farmers blame badgers 454 farmers boosting wildlife 321 farmers changed from dairy to beef cattle 313 farmers exasperated by rabbits 212 farmers face jail over toys law 285 farmers face the abyss 143 farmers fear harvest disaster 354 Farmers for Action UK 65 farmers giving up 333 farmers go to the wall 333 farmers letting standards slip 104 farmers made millionaires 153 farmers name animals after celebrities 269 farmers record big cats 370 farmers relieved of shotguns 112 farmers restock 202 farmers seeing red over red tape 298 farmers shock 374 farmers shooting big cats 366 farmers should consult vets 453 farmers threatened by coursers 403 farmers to resume export trade in animal products 195 Farmers Union of Wales 187, 288 Farmers Weekly 154 farmers who conserve water 442 farmers' cash 49 farmers' grazing rights 92 farmers' market 51 farmers' markets 28, 52, 88, 102, 109, 248, 252 farmers' sheep dip advice 334 farmers' support payments 198 farmers' traditional dislike 250 farmers' wild boar fears 350 Farmhouse Breakfast Week 284 farming couple 335 farming 22, 50, 118, 122 , 124, 126, 129, 143, 155, 157, 191, 235 farming and biotechnology industry body 238 farming and land owning groups 367 farming and tourism 128 Farming and Wildlife - Past, Present and Future 238 farming community 108, 109, 120, 183, 187, 192 farming community hackles raised 303 farming couple stunned 226 farming families 125, 199 Farming for Wildlife Award 324 farming industry 67, 104, 105, 153, 154 farming interests 229 farming lobbyists 472 farming methods through the ages 238 Farming Minister 475 farming organisations 128, 245 farming practices 41 farming schemes that benefit birds 325 farming slump 32 Farming Today programme 313 farming unions 216, 356, 333, 336, 354, 360 farmland bird species 79 farmland birds 119, 147, 235, 282, 327, 330, 373, 394, 421, 437, 450 farmland cuckoos 447 farmland donation 264 farmland gamebirds 238 farms 58, 105, 115, 131, 181 farms flooded 79 Farndon 305, 366 Farnham 358 Faroes 374 Farrar, Dr Andre 223 farriers 180 Fascist 181 Faskally Wood 460 fastest bird in the world 439 fatal bellman 17 fatal for pigs 67 Faulds, Richard 67, 171 Faulkner, Lord 354 faulty slurry pump 240 favourite pastime 399 Fawlty, Basil 155 fawn 236 Feare, Professor Chris 115 feared livestock disease 342 Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh 23 Fearon, Brendon 30 feathers dispel buoyancy 461 featured killing a pig 137 Federation of Milk Groups 37 Federation of Welsh Packs 187, 391 Feed The Birds Day 350, 430 feeders cleaned regularly 95 Felbridge 71 fell hunting supporter 290 fell walkers 249 female saboteur 14 female cuckoos 447 female pigeons bamboozled 64 fenland nature reserves 460 Fenn Bell Pub 462 feral cats 227, 261, 349, 393 Ferns, Peter 420 ferocious fighting between females 400 ferret 121 ferret club bid 475 ferret owners 121 ferreting 'just the thing for children' 475 ferreting 124 ferrets 121 ferrets 'are fun' 475 ferrets freedom 306 ferrets popular 213 Ferry, Bryan 104, 349 Ferry, Otis 104 Festival of Winter Walks 184, 186 Festive Five 6 festive greetings cards 94 Fetlar 462 Feu, Chris du 371 feud between squirrel and cat 63 Fewster, Jacquetta 185 FFET 94 fickle finger of fate 159 Fiddaman, Bob 85, 301, 305, 314 field boundaries 81 field crickets 343 Field Guide to the Bumblebees of Great Britain and Ireland 445 Field magazine 286 field margins 81, 286, 444 Field Studies Council 218 fieldfare 311, 332 Fieldfare Trust 230 fieldfares 168, 345 Fiennes, Sir Ranulph 255 Fife 90, 184, 313 fin whale 82, 392 fin whales 462 financial strain on hunts 122 finches 3, 327, 384, 421 Findhorn Foundation 237 finest wetland areas 70 Finistere 5 Finland 363 fir trees 440 fire crew 126 firearm 391 firearm licensing chaos 102 firearm security 24 firearms 146, 163, 199, 396, 400, 436 firearms certificates 400 firearms committee 377 Firearms Consultative Committee 377 firearms laws 146 firearms legislation 377 firearms licence 388 firearms licences 92 firearms misuse 24 firearms officers 284 firebomb attacks 177 firecrest trail 452 firecrests 132, 452 firefighters 52, 83, 112, 252, 350, 411, 415 fireman 239, firemen 44, 45, 46, 52, 99, 114, 126, 194, 211, 214, 222, 231, 243, 248, 281, 285, 295, 350, 411, 415, 449 first badger killed on new bypass 342 first conviction for shooting cormorant 147 first conviction of its type in England 461 first cuckoo 207 first custodial sentence for egg collector 156 first frosts 75 first hatching of an osprey chick 136 first human casualty of foot-and-mouth 112 first London trout 417 first machine of its kind in Europe 248 first modern wood fuel scheme 354 first one-stop rural shop 301 first osprey chick hatched in England 148 first part of UK to outlaw foxhunting and hare coursing 200 first person convicted of destroying house martin nest 470 first person injured by wild boar 372 first prosecution for bats 302 first puffin chick in 30 years 456 first solar-powered drinking trough 247 first swallow 318 first to designate Quiet Lanes 335 first wild beaver colony 190 first wildlife-friendly accreditation scheme 290 First World War poppies 321 Firth, Alan 403 Firth, Sally 318 Fischler, Franz 178, 265 fish 'can feel pain' 388 fish back from holiday 306 fish biologist 308 fish counter 258 fish counters 237 fish died from exposure 407 fish diseases 372 fish dragged swan underwater 246 fish farm escapes 353 fish farmers 425 fish farms 29, 259, 450 fish feel pain claim 308 fish fingers 150 fish fry 464 fish hiding places 394 fish kill 213, 217, 218, 231, 240, 243, 252, 254, 277, 317, 319, 324, 331, 351, 358, 385, 400, 404, 409, 417, 421 fish parasites 338 fish pass 190, 224, 406 fish pass gets ministerial visit 284 fish passes 152, 258 fish plucked to safety 336 fish released 305 fish rescued 347 fish returning from the sea to spawn 262 fish trap to catch salmon 271 fish virus outbreak 423 fish welfare 308 Fish, Michael 290 fish-eating birds 147 fish-friendly weir 47 Fisher, Honourable Patrick 404 fisheries officers 52, 158 fisheries' bosses 147 fisherman 208 fisherman spotted stranded animal 160 fishermen 53, 82, 163, 216 fishermen hunt for fins 270 fishery managers 147, 331, 461 fishing 34, 37, 117, 124, 156, 176, 384 Fishing 4 Food 295 fishing associations 163 fishing campaign 124 Fishing Co-operatives Exhibition 56 fishing enthusiasts 125 fishing for elvers 216 fishing industry 53, 80 fishing match 111 fishing rod 1 fishing vessels fishing illegally 59 Fitzsimmons, Brian 119 Fitzwilliam Foxhounds 8 Five Live's commissioning editor 152 five million Christmas trees bought 371 Five Year Freeze campaign 352 Flackwell Heath 77 flame-retardant chemicals 393 Flanders 321 flat fish 56 flatulence tax 326 fleeces 414 flies 323, 477 flight paths warning 460 Flightpath 2000 29 Flint 472 flint shingle 318 Flipper TV show 228 flock management 334 flood affected areas 89 flood control work 176 flood crises 77 flood defence 77, 359 flood defence infrastructure 381 flood defence scheme 187, 260 flood defence schemes 3 flood defence works 150 flood defences 135, 201 flood plain 292 flood plains 104 flood problems 371 flood protection scheme 454 flood risk areas 104 flood storage areas 201 flood warnings 89 flooding 3, 32, 79, 89, 152, 165, 195, 201, 211 flooding threat 77 floodplain forests 404 floods 66, 73, 104, 143 Flookburgh 306 flora 307 flounder 379 flounders 277 flower-rich meadows 194 flowering herbs 408 flowers 307 Flowers and Plants Association 474 flowers flowering earlier and longer 290 fluorescent fish 6 fluorescent floats 157 flushed foxes to guns 471 flushing foxes to protect game birds 28 fly executed 323 fly is quarry 324 fly rod 376 fly-fisherman 376, 417 fly-fishing 376, 392 fly-tippers 59 fly-tipping 62, 436 fly-tying 142 flying insects scarcer 326 foal 77 foal dressed in skin of dead foal 140 foal killed by children 397 foal, Hope 140 foals 145, 198 Focus on Biodiversity 58 FoE 56, 66, 79, 187, 225 folic acid 432 Folkestone 252, 312 Folkestone Magistrates Court 161 folklore 17, 259 Follett, Sir Brian 154 Following Orders 475 Food and Drink Federation 233 Food and Environment Protection Act 132 Food and Farming Education Trust 94 Food and Farming Commission 198 Food and Farming Education Service 94 Food and Farming Minister 174, 195 food and plant imports 225 food chain 38, 169 food imports 424 food industry 28, 100, 424 food lovers 403 food poisoning 390 Food Safety Commissioner 178 food safety standards 24 Food Standards Agency 31, 35, 78, 82, 173, 183, 203, 389 foodies 403 foot deformities 413 foot twisted horrifically 341 foot-and-mouth 104, 105, 107, 108, 110 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 120 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 134, 135, 137, 143, 145, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 167, 171, 173, 174, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 186, 187, 189, 192, 193, 194, 195, 202, 203, 208, 210, 211, 213, 215, 216, 222, 225, 228, 230, 251, 266, 268, 276, 291, 333, 334, 342, 365, 380, 388, 408, 414, 431, 451, 474 foot-and-mouth burial sites 129 foot-and-mouth compensation 153 foot-and-mouth compensation packages 263 foot-and-mouth crisis 109, 112, 121, 122, 136, 137 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) Order 110 Foot-and-Mouth Disease: the State of the Countryside 157 foot-and-mouth emergency measures 148 foot-and-mouth killing gangs 148 foot-and-mouth novel 475 foot-and-mouth statistics manipulated 131 Football Association 150 footpath dispute 241 footpaths 118, 202, 211, 232, 342 Footpaths Day 120 footpaths network 185 Footpaths Week 232 For Cod's Sake, Go Vegetarian! 295 For the Good of the Country 122 Ford Sierra 118 Fordham 264 Fordingbridge 200 foreign BSE-risk beef 118 foreign competition 53, 333 foreign diseases a click away 230 foreign imports 51 foreign meat imports 118 foreign meat markets 195 foreign students 53 forest 111, 129, 178, 200, 454 forest certification 284 forest cover 322 Forest Districts 262 Forest Enterprise 70, 111, 128, 142, 196, 225, 236 Forest Enterprise Wales 11, 51, 113 forest managers 203 Forest of Bowland 400 Forest of Dean 49, 111, 135, 148, 255, 334, 372, 424 forest owners 239 forest paths 450 forest refuge for squirrels 377 Forest Research 38, 320, 338, 345, 348, 429 Forest Research Agency 19 Forest Town 354 foresters 19, 200, 258, 461 foresters celebrating 243 forestry 284 forestry benefits 329 Forestry Commission 11, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 38, 43, 58, 68, 70, 75, 80, 96, 107, 113, 117, 120, 124, 139, 144, 148, 154, 156, 157, 162, 165, 165, 171, 178, 181, 196, 200, 203, 204, 209, 217, 222, 223, 236, 237, 239, 247, 258, 260, 262, 264, 265, 284, 286, 317, 320, 322, 324, 329, 338, 343, 348, 354, 363, 365, 368, 380, 396, 404, 429, 444, 450, 460, 465, 465, 468, 473 Forestry Commission Scotland 341, 410, 468 Forestry Commission Wales 333 forestry damage 384 Forestry Minister 22, 43, 117, 124, 125, 139, 144, 181, 203, 221, 235, 329, 354, 375, 401 forestry plantations 396 Forestry Statistics 2003 booklet 363 forestry workers 113, 368 forests 11, 19, 134, 181, 190, 192, 196, 199, 217, 221, 235, 252, 262, 286, 363, 366, 460 forests in London 203 forests steeped in history 350 forests' future role 341 forget-me-not 236 Formby 385 former hostage 322 formic acid 48 formidable spinster 405 Forres 447 Forster, Robert 472 Forsyth, Frederick 255 Fort William 317, 418, 444 Forth Fisheries Foundation 389 Fortingall 207 Fortingall Yew 18, 207 Foss, Trevor 408, 416 fossil fuels 164, 296 fossil hunter 88 Foster, Jim 336 Foster, Judge 156 Foster, Ruppells vulture 146 Fourth Century AD 89 Fowler, Sarah 77 fox 'attacks rise' 448 fox 'not quarry for bird of prey' 463 fox 8, 16, 33, 60, 65, 69, 77, 90, 91, 95, 100, 110, 123, 245, 261, 271, 341, 375, 382, 420, 433 Fox and Hounds pub 58 fox attacked baby 236 fox baiting 142 fox baiting by terriers 33 fox breeding 299 fox brushes up on art 462 fox control 187 fox cubs 115, 293 fox densities 251 Fox Droppings For Families 382 fox holes 193 fox hunt's kennels 71 fox numbers 187, 251 fox numbers rocket in Scotland 333 fox on Tube train tracks 189 fox population 193 fox population estimate 420 Fox Project 236 fox research 54 fox sparked high-rise rescue 211 fox, Bandit 462 Fox, Edward 255 fox, Foxy 183 Fox, Richard 298 fox-feeding activities 233 foxes 10, 26, 33, 38, 39, 55, 63, 96, 99, 115, 139, 166, 170, 173, 189, 190, 208, 211, 226, 228, 233, 240, 244, 245, 251, 277, 279, 288, 293, 299, 304, 308, 322 339, 349, 356, 359, 365, 378, 391, 394, 409, 422, 423, 451, 463, 469, 471, 474 foxes facing death by eagle 463 foxes feeding on rotting carcasses 193 foxes illegally snared 154 foxes in for a kicking 388 foxes killed at high rate 286 foxes killed using variety of methods 445 foxes putting lives at risk 264 foxgloves 408 foxhounds 89, 132, 255, 292, 375, 374, 375 foxhunt supporters 125 foxhunter 124 foxhunters 24, 122, 124, 176, 232, 299, 329, 427 foxhunters fall foul of new law 308 foxhunters using eagles to kill foxes 463 foxhunting 2, 6, 20, 21, 28, 32, 33, 38, 42, 45, 47, 68, 73, 82, 87, 94, 95, 104, 107, 111, 115, 117, 120, 121, 125, 129, 137, 140, 142, 187, 200, 203, 204, 211, 233, 251, 255, 256, 261, 274, 279, 280, 324, 341, 393, 406, 426 foxhunting ban 32, 436 foxhunting groups 24 foxhunting groups fight on 441 foxhunting kennels 65 foxhunting season 299 Framfield 291 France 4, 5, 8, 13, 18, 19, 27, 45, 62, 64, 65, 78, 79, 89, 104, 107, 119, 142, 178, 195, 210, 233, 251, 256, 258, 289, 378, 387, 394, 402, 474 France and Germany in stitch up 265 France Nature Environnement 18 France to be fined 239 France's failure to meet BSE safeguards 214 France's illegal stance 13 France's new Government 232 France's unlawful ban 364 Franco-German deal 265 Francois I's Loire chateau 142 Frank-Riley, Luna 139 Frankenstein Farmyards 68 Frankenstein Foods 372 Frankensteinian 275 Fraser, David 325 Fraser, Mark 429 Fraserburgh 56, 90, 299 Frear, Paul 111 free fruit 54 free of foot-and-mouth 193 free range poultry 465 free-milk-for-schools programme 28 free-running snares 231, 245 Freedom to Roam Team 276 Freeman, Bob 5 Freeston, Helen 430 freeze on livestock movement 136 freezing weather 89 freezing weather saved fish 368 Freight Transport Association 73 Freiston Shore 260 French 4, 8, 89, 178, 210 French abattoirs 289 French action 178 French associations 142 French authorities 47 French ban 214, 364 French beef producers 258 French CJD cases 79 French coastal waters 228 French contestant 256 French courts 13 French cows suffering from BSE 79 French Embassy 13 French Farmers Union 107 French farmers' union 178 French farming organisations 178 French Game Fair 142 French goods 47 French Government 8,13, 167, 178, 214, 239, 256, 364 French hunt ceremony 142 French hunters 18 French hunting culture 142 French law 18 French markets 47 French missionary 312 French pigeon stuck in car grille 333 French Premier 4 French President 4 French protectionism 256 French rescuers 475 French ring 402 French scientists 45 French Senate Colloquium 45 French shoppers 258 French soil 45 French trawlers 314 French welfare groups 5 fresh food for schoolchildren 283 freshly-baked bread 308 freshwater habitats 331 freshwater mussels 58 freshwater wetlands 377 Fridliefsdottir, Siv 281 Friends Lake 161 Friends of Broadstone Nature Reserve 47 Friends of Lynton Goats 420 Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Pony 241 Friends of the Earth 3, 5, 11, 25, 27, 29, 40, 56, 66, 79, 81, 113, 128, 187, 225, 282, 285, 312, 313, 345, 352, 372, 382, 388, 391, 436 Friends of the Ridgeway 229 Friends of Tring Reservoirs 409 Friesian bull 203 Friesian cow 44 Friesian cows 12 Friesian dairy cattle 62 Friesian heifer 83 Frieze, Daniel 306 Frinton-on-Sea 314 Frith, Mathew 214 fritillary butterfly 169 fritillary meadows 435 frog spawn 84, 298, 444 frog spawn study 296 froglets 65 frogs 1, 24, 26, 55, 64, 84, 99, 291, 296, 300, 336, 339, 356 frogs devour our own frogs 65 frogs threatened by kind hearts 298 frogs worst hit by spring 444 From Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England in the Little Ice Age 22 Frome 251 frozen frog spawn 444 frozen rabbits tossed on fire 435 fruit 85,332 fruit and veg growers 283 fruit and vegetable packing industry 24 fruit bat 302 fruit consumption 54 Fruit for Schools programme 283 fruit growers 53 fruit industry 54 fruit tree blossom 408 fruiterer 350 fry reared from eggs 138 fuel 28, 82 fuel crisis 66 fuel prices 65 fuel taxation 56 Fuerteventura 314 Fulham Register Office 271 Fuller's Brewery 295 Fuller, Dr Rob 384 Fuller, Ian 198 fulmar 5 fulmars 59 funeral pyres 114, 208 funeral pyres of burning carcasses 107 fungal disease 445 fungi 214, 236, 240, 307, 320 fungi helps bees 244 fungus destroys trees' bark 365 fur farm 171 fur farmers 425 Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 81 fur farming 81 fur farms 315, 369 furious female weasel 123 Furs And Skins 382 furthest travelling bird in records 283 Futility of Upland Hunting 290 futuristic fuel 28 FUW 108 fyke nets 289, 303, 357, 384