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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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M1 229 M11 corridor housing fight 347 M18 229 M2 bridge 283 M25 77, 93, 103 M4 340 M40 230 M42 195 M6 192, 326 macabre animal deaths 77 macabre slaughter 108 Macbeth 17, 250, 302 Macdonald, Professor David 393 MacGillivray, William 29 Mackay, Duncan 146 MacLennan, Alison 280 MacLennan, David 450 MacLennan, Dr Alison 334 mad cow disease 463 Mad March hares 91 Madden, Mike 181 Madeira 258 Madge, Grahame 3, 327, 340, 402 Madonna 349, 436 Madonna gives up shooting birds 469 MAFF 22, 27, 40, 53, 68, 71, 80, 81, 110, 113, 122, 128 131, 135, 153, 171, 189, 303, 451 MAFF contingency plans for vaccination 120 MAFF officials 120 MAFF promises 129 MAFF's slow reaction 115 Maggieknockater 292 magical allure 55 magnesium 192, 395 magpie 5, 76, 159, 250 magpie predation on songbirds 311 magpie-counting rhyme 159 magpies 76, 124 331, 349, 409, 437, 460 magpies culled 311 magpies trapped and killed 124 magpies' champion 326 Maidenhead 102 Maidstone 62 Mair, Jenny 213 Mair, Sydney 88 major pollution incident 143 Making the Most of Your Game 160 mako sharks 144, 459 malaria 48 malaria in British countryside 22 Malaysian plantation rats 346 Malaysian rats 64 Maldon 2, 14 malicious mutt 212 Malindi 368 Mallalieu, Baroness 255, 344. 354 mallard 7, 126, 130 170, 219 mallards 177 malpractice unfounded 391 Malta 256 Maltese bird trappers 256 Maltese Government 256 malting 2 Malton 186, 335 maltsters 2 mammal deaths on roads 226 mammal footprints or droppings 261 Mammal Identification 354 mammal maps 324 mammal populations 190, 261 mammal skulls 382 Mammal Society 70, 99, 190, 207, 218, 219, 226, 238, 247, 251, 261, 281, 314, 324, 352, 354, 370, 382, 397, 398, 413, 426, 433, 442, 450, 472 Mammal Society courses 304 Mammal Society guide 329 mammal teeth 382 mammal trapping 354 Mammal Trust 103, 144, 393, 435 Mammalaction 207 mammalogists 426 mammals 413 Mammals in your Garden? 190 Mammals of the Sand Dunes 413 Man on the Moon 447 Man Versus Horse race 320 Man's association with trees and woodlands 169 man-made earths 299 man-made foxes' dens 193 managing woodlands 247 Manchester 169, 187, 301, 366, 371, 407 Manchester Ship Canal 361 Manchester to London train line 14 Mancroft, Lord 261, 344 mandarin ducks 191 mange 236 Manhood Peninsula 9 Mansbridge, Terry 147 Mansfield 354 manure-stuffed envelopes 326 Manx Loghtan sheep 179 Manx shearwater 308, 456 Manx shearwater chicks 345 Manx shearwaters 8, 267 maple 168 mapped areas 51 mapping areas 100 maps of new access land 259 marathon walk 27 marauding amphibian 84 marbled white butterfly 455 Marchant, John 103 Margam 140 marginal constituencies 447 Marhsall, Albert 336 Marigold 8, 269 Marine Act 222 Marine Appeal 161 marine biology student 334 Marine Code of Conduct 456 marine ecotourism 290 Marine Harvest 469 Marine Institute 353 marine mammal bycatch 196 marine oil pollution 81 Marine Southwest 290 marine species 124 Marine Stewardship Report 222 marine strandings 183 Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill 174 Maritime Coastguard Agency 475 Market Drayton 121, 219 Market Research Society 179 Markland, John 410 Marks and Spencer 41, 100 Marl Hall Woods 140 Marlborough 414 Marlow 6, 58 marsh fritillary butterfly 165, 455 marsh harrier 207, 233 marsh harriers 117, 469 marsh samphire 216 marsh saxifrage butterfly 165 marsh tits 103 Marshall, Dr Peter 296 Martin Mere 246 Martin, Tony 30, 32, 36, 38, 43, 45, 74, 130 Martindale Common 181 Maryculter 410 masked demonstrators 71 masked saboteurs 65 mass cull of livestock 135 mass culling programme 135 mass march 225 mass movement of sheep 128 mass of fish fry 138 mass-produced 135 Massini, Peter 381 massive development programme 278 massive fish boost 137 Master of Foxhounds 286 Master of the hunt 407 Masters of Deerhounds Association 139, 176 Masters of Foxhounds 122 Masters of Foxhounds Association 137, 139, 232, 426 Matcham, Chris 358 maternal instinct 12 Mathers, George 35 Mathieson Jess 52 mating ponds 107 May General Election 112 May, Lord 275 Mayfair 156, 170 mayflies 392 Mayle, Brenda 165, 320 Mayor of London 82, 406 McCain 165 McCall, Anne 441 McCall, Ian 337 McCartney, Linda 97, 304 McCartney, Paul 24, 97, 304 McCaskill, Ian 185 McCormack, Peter 395 McCormick, Carole 100, 224 McDonald's 5, 50, 87 McDonald, Dr David 308 McGill, Martin 343 McGowan, Alistair 191 McInnes, Neil 200 McKaskie, Shirley 313 McLaughlin, Gerry 334 McNeill, Johnston 475 McNeish, Cameron 453 McNiven, Duncan 194 McNulty, Tony 396 McRae, David 270, 426 McVey, Claire 20 McWhirter, Alistair 433 McWilliam, Andy 207 Meacher, Michael 15, 37, 83, 89, 219, 230, 298, 313, 352 Mead, Chris 5, 56, 215, 371 Meade, Richard 121, 125, 142 Meadfoot beach 468 meadow foxtail 290, 294 meadow pipits 257, 447 meat and live imports 136 Meat and Livestock Commission 8 meat eaters 19 meat eaters threatened 183 Meat Hygiene Service 31 mechanical flailing 99 mechanical flailing hits dormice 443 Mechelen 402 medieval glass 245 medieval times 206 Mediterranean 78, 363 Mediterranean areas 340 Mediterranean Sea 258 Medway Report 45 Meeker, Neville 285 meet elusive mammals 354 Meigh, Philip 236 Melbreak Hunt 290 Melchett, Peter 211, 394 Melmerby Fell 181 Member States 89 Memorandum of Understanding 200 memorial to Linda McCartney 304 Menai Straits 438 Mendelssohn 350 Mendips 158 MEP 121 MEPs 4, 42 Meredith, Alan 18 Meredith, George 346 meres 264 merlin 58, 161, 229, 270 Merlin's Wood 307 merlins 156, 441 Merrett, Dan 430 Mersea Island 388 merses 322 Mersey community forest 284 Merseyside 206, 271, 284, 297, 301, 385, 465 Merseyside Police 207, 249, 331 message in a bottle 335 Met officers 237 Metcalfe, Don 368 methane gas 54 Methlick 368 metropolitan elite 70 Metropolitan mansion 26 Metropolitan Police 237 Meziani, Gundula 183 MFHA 176 mice 10, 17, 26, 46, 63, 75, 106, 123, 132, 139, 165, 166, 190, 227, 274, 302, 339, 362, 383 mice eat seabird chicks horror 457 Michael, Alun 208, 209, 223, 241, 253, 259, 270, 274, 275, 276 , 280, 286, 292, 292, 293, 304, 305, 321, 325, 353, 367, 400, 421 michaelmas daisy 236 Mickleburgh, Esther 44 micro air vehicles 276 micro-climatic conditions 58 microchip buried in dog's skin 241 Mid Derbyshire Badger Group 22 Mid Norfolk Shooting School 171 Mid Sussex Badger Protection Group 301 Middle Britain 41 Middle Earth 192 Middle Way 209 Middle Way Development Committee 139 Middle Way Group 42, 139, 253 Middle Way Group of MPs 21 middle way MPs 292 middle way option 115 Middlesbrough 231 Middlesex 224 Middleton 407 Middleton Hatchery Group 209 Middleton Hunt 393 Middlewich 231 midges 342 Midlands 31, 61, 222, 283, 357, 363, 364, 411, 418 Midlands fishermen 315 migraines 192 migrant birds 29 migrant goldcrests 452 migrant ospreys 136 migrant species 29, 88 migration bottlenecks 394 migration of elvers 216 migration route 78 migration study 311 Migration Watch 301, 315, 318, 385 migratory birds 465 Mikado 340 Miles, Andrew 59 militant RSPCA bosses 125 military blunder 96 milk 19, 28, 37, 134, 215, 247 milk for babies 225 milk moustaches 160 milk not labelled as GM 388 Milk of Human Kindness? 114 milk price hikes 118 milk prices 313 milk prices slump 415 milk producers 37, 160 milk production 62 milk spill 368 Milk Suckers 160 milk supply chain 19 milk tanker pollution 243 milk war 160 milk yield 12 milking goats 366 milking machine 343 mill weirs 95 Millden estate 349 Millennium 5, 6, 14 Millennium Greens initiative 139 Miller, Baroness 238 millers 319 millionaires 14 Mills, David 233 Mills, Heather 24 Mills, Leif 32 Mills, Tracey 20 Milne, A.A. 192 Milton Golf Club 65 Milton Heath 403 Milton Keynes 410 Milton, Nick 457 Minehead 157 mineral extraction 202 mineral extraction rights 230 mineral industries 54 Mineral Planning Authorities 230 minerals 192 Mineralwell Park 392 Minett, Ross 305, 433 mini-bears 69 mini-beast hunts 203 mini-beast safari 114 mini-machines that fly like insects 276 mining communities 131 mining industry 131 minister 79, 269, 270, 274, 289, 313 Minister for Countryside and Fisheries 20 Minister for Food and Farming 192, 202 Minister for Forestry 249 Minister for Nature Conservation 382, 430 Minister for Rural Affairs 259 276, 292, 367 Minister for the Environment 298, 352, 375 Minister for the Horse 305, 421 Minister of State for the Environment 219 ministerial source 304 ministers 'worse than foot-and-mouth' 165 ministers 47, 73, 134, 153 , 154, 157, 162, 174, 176, 180, 196, 213, 229, 261, 336, 353, 357, 382, 386, 391, 414, 427, 436, 438, 448 Ministry of Agriculture figures falsified 131 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 10, 16, 38, 60, 67, 68, 115, 122, 128, 153 Ministry of Defence 20, 53, 92, 96 Ministry of Defence probe 256 mink 'should go' in Wales 435 mink 21, 103, 105, 110, 167, 226, 244, 262, 356, 359, 369, 394, 395, 409, 420, 425, 459 mink caused a stink 426 mink decline 396 mink eradication plan 450 mink extermination call 435 mink farm 81 mink farmers 81 mink hunted after release 171 mink killed by otters 396 mink population drops 315 mink raft trap 315 mink traps benefit water voles 360 minke whale 77, 157, 337, 382 minke whales 462 Minnikin, Holly 208 minnow 1, 213 minnows 170, 277, 400 minority rights 111 Minsmere 117 mint 240 Mintel 192 Mintlaw 114 Mintoft, Kathryn 474 mirror carp 20 Miss May 11 Missouri 137 mist nets 176 mistle thrushes 412 mistle thrushes will drive away cat 332 mistletoe 412 Mitchell, Alan 18 Mitchell, Karl 199 Mitsubishi 264 mixed stock net fish-eries 438 mixed stock salmon fisheries 438 MLC 36 moaning children in tow 452 moat created 423 mobile phone masts 375 mockery 'of pledge' 286 mockery of the European Union 210 MoD 53, 92 Moelfre 324 Mold 37 mole 182 mole hills 15, 384 mole hills legal threat 450 mole traps 15 mole-catching 196 moles 15, 182, 196, 274 moles cause school mayhem 384 moles in gassing threat 450 Molesey 6 moleskin 182 molluscs 163, 308 Moltex-Eco 291 Monaghan 435 Monbiot, George 82 Monetary Policy Committee 9 Money, Sarah 377 monitor vessels for seaworthiness 81 monitored bats 53 Monmouth 267 Monmouthshire 267 mono-filament gill net 306 Monsanto 5, 282, 457 Monster of Hinckley 70 Monster of the Mere 246 Montagu's harriers 207, 226 Montague harriers 156 Montgomery, Jamie 349 Montgomeryshire Young Farmers Club 351 Montrose Basin 170 monument 51 Monymusk Estate 395 moor owners 337, 348 Moorcroft, Darren 58 Moorcroft, Dr Darren 360 Moore, Michael 466 Moore, Simon 401 moorhens 361 moorhens decline 435 moorland 200 Moorland Association 74, 154, 247, 348 moorland birds 237 moorland cuckoos 447 moorland habitats 58 moorland management 25 moorland wader birds 417 Moran, Lord 51 Moray 213 Moray hamlets 292 Morayshire 132, 237 Morbihan 5 Morecambe 82 Morgan, Jennifer 62 Morgan, Terrig 118, 313 MORI 109, 179, 257 MORI poll 274, 368 MORI poll on hunting 138 moribund branches 156 Morley, David 377 Morley, Elliot 20, 24, 43, 68, 79, 117, 119, 125, 144,181, 203, 235, 249, 260, 269, 270, 289, 347, 375, 391, 409 Morley, Kelsi 268 Moroccan beaches 390 Moroccan heartlands 337 Moroccan mud hut 26 Morocco 258, 265, 394 Morpeth 274 Morrison, Carolyn 312 Mort, Liz 292 Morton, Keith 162 Mosier, Chris 396 mosquito 48 mosquitoes 22, 331 Moss, Stirling 255 Mosstodloch 380 most common woodpecker 476 most deforested region in Europe 85 most important nest area for hen harriers 307 most important seabird colony in world 457 most lethal country roads 344 most notorious blocked footpath 291 most numerous of our five owl species 462 most rural region of England 114 most southerly mainland red squirrels 297 most spectacular ancient trees 150 Mostyn 472 moth 336 moth conservation projects 125 moth could devastate horse chestnut trees 249 moth larvae 416 moth recording 125, 448 Mother Nature 212 Mother Nature set efforts back 398 Mother of all Parliaments 447 mother threatened 403 mother-of-three trampled on farm 282 Mothering Sunday 114 Motherwell 207 moths 50, 125, 215, 311, 317, 340, 441, 448, 464 Motor Sports Association 19 motorboat owners 131 motorists 4, 107, 118, 135 motorists' 'moral obligation' over hurt animals 463 moulting areas 281 moults 464 mountain bikers challenged 444 mountain blackbirds 30 mountain fox hunts 290 mountain hares 10 mountain lion 158 mounted and foot packs 142 mourning pig 160 Mousa 337 mouse 98, 99, 106, 123, 182, 467 mouse and vole populations 313 mouse hunters 106 mouse hunts 463 mouse nests 408 mouse trap 106 mouse-eared bat 97, 302 mouse-like 452 mousetail 365 mousetraps 274 mousing owl 17 Movement for a Socialist Future 256 movement restrictions 114 Movie Magic 248 mowed the lawn 440 mowing the lawn 294 Mowlem, Alan and Lesley 366 Moxon, Lorley 130 MP 2, 31, 37, 119, 125, 125 , 138, 154, 167, 169, 172, 196, 206, 219, 246, 276, 283, 286, 298, 319, 325, 340, 352, 367, 391, 415, 418, 463 MPs 74, 80, 81, 83, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 101, 117, 129, 140, 151, 15, 19, 21, 35,37, 42, 54, 62, 162, 174, 180, 193, 200, 203, 206, 208, 209, 214, 225, 231, 246, 275,286, 293, 321, 324, 344, 345, 351, 354, 359, 360, 367, 375, 378, 393, 395, 401, 414, 424, 426, 427, 436, 447 MPs desire total ban 324 MPs tearing into each other 89 MSP 22 MSPs 112, 244, 387 Much Ado About Nothing 437 Mucklow, Claire 399 mud almost proved a fatal trap 88 mud source help 306 muddy floods 402 muddy lamb symbol of foot-and-mouth 204 mudflats 66 mugged by a tawny owl 110 Muggleswick Common 201 Mulben 292 Mull 334, 377, 409, 451 Mullen, Nick 74 mullet 379 multiple skull fractures 139 Munlochy 219 Munros peaks 453 muntjac deer 287, 300, 307, 364, 422, 459 muntjac fawn, Rudolph 472 murder 32 murder rap 168 murdering a teenage burglar 43 Murray, Alan 308 Murray, Allan 32, 244 261, 333 Musgrove, Andy 375 Muslim 50 Muslim festival 289 Muslim taxi drivers 50 Muslims 353 Musselburgh 389 mussels 272 mussels as bait 245 mustelid 281 Musto International Spey Casting Championship 243 mute swan 103, 110, 188 mute swans 95 mutilated toads 395 MV Sulaire 238 My Voice 176 myriad night flutterers 125 mystery beast 83, 381 mystery big cat 474 mystery cat 285, 338 mystery death of young fish 135 mystery gunman 408 mystery knifeman 233 mystery pollutant 49, 56, 231 mystery pollution culprits 217 mystery pollution spill 351 mystery predator 150, 151, 158 mystery spiders 138 mystery substance 89 mystery tour of Europe 119 mystery trapper 365 mystical connections of trees 237 mythical wolf 344 myxomatosis 212, 458

 
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