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
S (ii)
Somers, Sam 328 Somerset 3, 20, 53, 71, 75, 122, 148, 172, 189, 247, 247, 272, 273, 277, 301, 339, 385, 407, 466, 468 Somerset aquarium 64 Somerset County Council 251 Somerset farm 366 Somerset Levels 3, 5 Somerset Wildlife Trust 466 sonar studies 148 song thrush 16, 49, 147, 257, 340 song thrushes 78, 119, 185, 223, 241, 311, 332, 351, 407 song thrushes window strike 389 songbird numbers 286 songbird species 159 songbirds 101, 105, 176, 235, 299, 311, 330, 460 songbirds' singing 347 sonic bat detectors 430 Sotherton, Dr Nick 263, 430, 456 Sound of Harris 450 sous chef 295 South 71 South Africa 208 South African 88 South America 226, 308 South American 147, 302 South American cayman 18 South American guard animal 240 South American natives 431 South Atlantic 457 South Atlantic winds 96 South Church 409 South Coast 36, 144 South Dorset Hunt kennels 341 South Downs 455 South Downs National Park 400 South East 42, 46, 65, 73, 79, 146, 179 , 206, 239, 259, 276, 295, 319, 361, 386, 400, 464 South East Regional Planning Authority 43 South Finger 134 South Hams 322 South Jason Island 96 South Korea 222 South Korean food 222 South Lakeland Magistrates 105 South London 100, 274 South Molton 20 South Staffordshire Council 414 South Thames Marshes 206 South Uist 278, 305, 378 South Wales 129 South Wales Police 306 South Warwickshire 328 South West 36, 94, 114, 118, 120, 130, 194, 288, 304, 400, 442, 456 South West beaches 57 South West coast 122 South West Coast Path 148 South West coasts 196 South West frogs 296 South West Regional Development Agency 286, 290 South Yorkshire 31, 47, 70, 229, 263, 311, 321, South Yorkshire Police 403 Southampton 147, 181, 216, 396 Southampton Oceanography Centre 395 Southampton University 79 Southampton Water 216 Southampton Water SPA 396 Southdown and Eridge Foxhounds 8 Southend 301 Southend-on-Sea 411 southern British areas 131 southern England 75 southern Europe 31 southern European countries 190 Southern Pennines 30 Southern Uplands 30 Southern Water 327 Southgate, Mark 104 Southport 15, 105 Southwood, Rick 345 Sovereign Harbour Company 32 sow number 857Y 67 Sowerbys beaked whale 424 sows 67, 138, 431 Soy sheep 435 Space Shuttle 193 Spain 16, 31, 90, 183, 184, 190, 253, 258, 283, 309, 394, 459 Spalding 378 spaniel 252, 254 spaniel bitch 114 spaniels 114, 327 Spanish 393 Spanish bluebell 35 Spanish kites 58 sparrow 17, 76, 417 sparrow chick daredevil 325 sparrow chicks dying in nests 329 sparrow nestlings 440 sparrow numbers 38, 382 sparrow's eggs left unhatched 440 sparrow's nest 159 Sparrowatch survey 327 sparrowhawk 109, 207, 386 sparrowhawk numbers 383 sparrowhawk spoils robin show 386 sparrowhawks 13, 107, 241, 257, 463 sparrowhawks window strike 389 sparrows 76, 98, 215, 217, 327, 421, 460, 474 spawn 111, 138, 221 spawn laid in strings 84 spawning 209 spawning grounds 6, 152, 165, 173, 224, 342, 377, 395, 468 speak with plum in mouth 335 Special Areas of Conservation 413 Special Branch 384 Special Protection Areas 68 specialist farmers 62 speciality foods 52 Specified Risk Material 118, 232 speckled wood butterfly 455 spectacular invertebrates 129 speedboat doing figures of eight 456 speedboat driver 57 Speedie, Colin 290, 387 speedwell 307 Spellar, John 241 Spence, Audrey 445 Spence, Christopher 180 Spencer, David 430 sperm whale 157 sperm whales 462 Spexhall 132 Speyside 115 sphagnum bog mosses 399 sphagnum moss 161 Spice Girls 381 spider-like beasties 328 spiders 126, 138, 336, 353, 477 spiders colony 138 spiders' jaws penetrate human skin 138 Spiers, Shaun 439, 448 Spillett, Dr Peter 377 spin doctoring 86 spin doctors 208 spinal column 118, 127, 178, 183 spinal cord 127, 232 spinal cord material 203 Spindloe, Kevin 240 spine and brain material 110 spinner 1 spinning a web 477 spiny-finned fish 308 Spirit of Trees 237 splat-ometer 326 sponges 163 sponsored snooze 72 spoonbills 52, 80, 357 spoor 429 sporran 384 sport shooting 167 sporting estates 370 Sporting Shooter 366 sporting shooting 261 sports fishermen 388 Spotlight on Environmental Performance 54 spotted flycatcher 5, 29, 214, 223, 235, 393, 442 spotted flycatchers 132, 267, 311, 407 spotted redshank 330 sprats 358 spreading TB among cattle 69 spring bamboozles nature 444 spring salmon 109, 292 spring songsters 382 spring viraemia of carp 315 spring-sown cereals 11, 234, 450 spring-traps 458 springer spaniel 303, 404 spruce 223 spruce cones 473 Spurstow 6 spy in the sky fury 466 squid fishery 395 squid numbers rise 395 Squires, Dr Peter 184 squirrel 132, 136, 218, 382 squirrel hairs 165 Squirrel Nutkin 192 squirrel, Sammy 255 squirrel-like creature 443 squirrels 145, 165, 277 squirrels take birds' eggs or chicks 63 Srygley, Dr Robert 276 SSPCA 307, 388, 392, 395, 408, 411, 447, 456, 459 St Andrew's 223 St Austell 73, 283, 384 St Brides Bay 438 St Davids 352 St George's Day 395 St Hilda's 397 St Hubert 142 St Ives 155, 415 St Ives Bay 454 St John's Wood 304 St John's Wort 340 St Kilda 317 St Lawrence area 178 St Martin-in-the-Fields 181 St Mary's Hoo 462 St Michael's 132 St Nicholas Lane 456 St Peter's Church 132, 310 St Stephens 73 St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital 466, 472 St Valentine's Day 199 Stafford Magistrates Court 74 Staffordshire 31, 81, 143, 150, 174, 243, 315, 415 Staffordshire Badger Conservation Group 22 Staffordshire bull terrier 231 Staffordshire bull terrier went berserk 174 Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service 243 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 243 Staffordshire oatcakes 374 Staffordshire Wildlife Trust 407 stag 218 stag beetle 214 stag health alert 261 stag hunting 275, 277, 288, 354 stag, Boris 236 staghounds 89, 221, 255, 292 stags 99, 142, 349 Staines 426 stalking 110 stallholders 32 stallion 360 stallions 352 stallions retract testicles 349 Stamford Magistrates Court 151 stamp duty 215 Standing Committee 101, 174 Stanhope 201 Stanley 96 Stansfield, Steve 308 Stansted 259, 312, 366 Stansted Airport 214, 322 Stanton, Wesley 171 Stapeley Grange 451 Starey Eyes 1 starling 47, 149, 200, 223 starling bird champion 300 starling flock 99 starling nests in post box - again 314 starling population 124 starling second place 471 starlings 76, 99, 103, 126, 149, 175, 177, 215, 217, 274, 298, 385, 460, 474 starlings flock 378 starlings plummet 300 starlings spectacle 466 starry sturgeon 64 Starsholt College 138 Start Point 160 Starter Rate 305 starving badger cubs 40 starving birds 421 State of Britain's Mammals 396 State of Soils Report 402 State of the Countryside 118, 225, 310 State Of The Nation's Birds 5 State of the UK Birds 16 State Veterinary Service 320, 462 state-of-the-art camera 109 statistical con-trick 88 Statute Book 445 statutory regulation 170 Steel, Caroline 432 steeplechase 213 Stein, Rick 350 stepped pools let fish leap weir 190 sterling 134, 178 Stevens, Marie 211 Stevens, Sir Jocelyn 349 Stevenson, Jim 96 Stevenson, Pete 317 stewardship fees 127 Stewart, Alan 401 Stewart, Allan 264 Stewart, Sir Jackie 384 sticklebacks 277, 347 sticklebacks 400 stiff tail feathers 476 stiles 342 Stiles, Helen 152 still chasing foxes with dogs 433 Stilton cheese 331 Sting 384 stinging insects 44 stinging weeds 127 Stirling 243, 283, 368, 450 Stirling Council 209 Stirling University 389 Stirling-Aird, Patrick 267 Stirlingshire 244, 312 stoat 123, 420, 443 stoat hypnotism 362 stoats 10, 55, 69, 96, 165, 166, 212, 226, 226, 339, 349, 356, 362, 369, 394 Stock Beck 49 stock dove 141 Stocker, Les 466, 472 Stockport 35, 213 Stockton-on-Tees 459 Stoddart of Swindon, Lord 117 Stogursey 366 Stoke Canon 109 Stokes, Don 151 stomach lining 257 Stone, Philip 165 stone-curlew 16, 79, 108 stone-curlew breeding numbers 79 stone-curlews 153, 380, 404 Stonehaven and District Radio Car Club 392 Stonehill Donkeys 233 Stoneleigh 61 stoneloach 49, 170, 277, 331, 347 Stoneman, Julie 450 Stonemarket Room for Wildlife 311 stonewort plants 395 Stop Stansted Expansion 322 stop-start spring 444 Stopka, Dr Pavel 308 storks 337, 397 storm chased bird species 80 storm damage 195 storm force winds 196 storm petrels 10 storm-lashed coastlines 82 Stornoway 424 Stour Row 20 Stourbridge Common 113 straight rams 267 Strait of Gibraltar 283 Straker, Hugo 348 Stranger, Keighley 43 Strasbourg 4, 104 Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food 278 Strathcarron 210 Strathclyde 150, 215 Strathdon 384 Strathen, Phil 265 Strathspey 200, 303, 373, 400 Strathyre 209 Straw, Jack 42, 67, 74, 89, 94, 97 strawberries 53 Stray Birds Committee 375 stray cat crisis 111 Street-Porter, Janet 255 Streeter, Andrew 426 stress behaviour 162 Strevens, Andy 303 stricken cow 83 stringent control measures 131 stringent controls 162 Stroud 246 Stryt Las Park 451 stubble fields 295, 327 stubbles 421 students 85 Studland Heath 120 Studying mammals in the garden 190 stuffed birds 207 stung about 200 times 172 stunning fish 169 Stupples, Liana 3 sturgeon 64 sub-post offices 15, 60 sub-Saharan Africa 447 sub-zero temperatures 378 subsidies for improving environment 438 suckler cattle 295 Suckler Cow Premium 192, 265 suction effect 57 Sudden Oak Death 365, 429 suffering of hooked fish 150 Suffolk 40, 60, 87, 99, 120, 132, 153, 238, 244, 312, 352, 361, 402, 403, 404, 404, 413, 433, 445 Suffolk coast 27, 82 Suffolk Horse Society 352 Suffolk Punch 117, 352, 390 sugar-beet 71, 230, 282 sugar-beet growers 356 sugar-beet fields 327 Sullivan, Jamie 424 sulphur 247 sulphur dioxide 31 Sumburgh Head 337 summer fruits 53, 85 summer job picking fruit 53 summer migrants 427 Summer of Discontent 232 Summerson, Kevin 307, 433 sun-scorched lawns 351 sunburn 431 Sunderland Farm 204 sunstroke 390 super efficient breeders 26 super rats 105 superabundant beetles 296 supermarket bosses 61 supermarket contracts 177 supermarket giant 436 supermarkets 4, 5, 28, 436, 445 supermodel with disgusting habits 355 superstore warehouse 13 Supple, Sammy 199 suppliers 100 supporters of beagling 80 supporters of foxhunting 89 supporting local food 155 surfers 456, 459 surgeons 388 Surrey 8, 14, 35, 44, 71, 120, 145, 168, 185, 206, 236, 254, 264, 286, 336, 358, 399, 426, 453, 454 Surrey and Burstow Foxhound Kennels 65 Surrey Police officers 71 Surrey Union Foxhounds 8 Surrey Wildlife Trust 358, 454 surveillance cameras 262, 462 surveillance operations 433 Survivor 137 Sussex 9, 71, 105, 113, 115, 118, 140, 145, 168, 172, 184, 211, 240, 241 251, 269, 313, 341, 359, 401, 438, Sussex beach 77 Sussex coast 125 Sussex Wildlife Trust 192, 359 Sustainable Communities 406 Sustainable Communities Plan 448 sustainable fish populations 60 Sustaining England's Woodlands 260 Sutcliffe, Dr Jill 321 Sutherland 124 Sutton Farm Service Station 319 Swaffham 404 Swaffham Lode 130 Swaledale ewe 448 Swaledale ram 263 Swales, Vicki 58 swallow 29, 104, 470 Swallow Feeding Survey 386 swallowing her tongue 89 swallows 29, 151, 168, 175, 301, 318, 331, 385, 388, 401 swallows amaze birdwatchers 380 swallows' foraging habits 386 swan 103, 131, 246 swan causes 12-mile tailback 340 swan drowned dogs 404 swan on eggs shot dead 447 Swan Pool 150 swan sickness mystery 429 swan stranded on roof 350 swan trampled during display 361 Swan Uppers 145 swan's agonising end 328 swan's wing power 145 Swanage 260 Swann, Bill 193 swans 11, 55, 95, 110, 131, 153, 163, 188, 189, 248, 263, 352, 358, 361, 372, 419 swans brush power lines 280 swans choking on crab lines 153 swans dead 474 swans killed by yobs 451 swans targeted 194 Swanscombe Hill 120 Swansea 252, 403, 414 Sweden 178, 239, 245, 363, 388, 392 Swedish 295 sweet william 236 sweet woodruff 307 swift 29, 470 Swift, Heather 31 Swift, Jonathan 323 swifts 151, 168, 175, 386 swifts higher high-flyers 388 swifts in larger numbers 315 swifts navigate asleep 388 swim-bladders rupture 150 Swimbridge 387 Swindon Borough Council 229 swine fever 60, 67, 105, 128, 230, 431 Swiss 19, 445 switch from food production 191 Switzerland 67, 373 sycamore 240 Sydney 67 symbolic wood 181 Symonds Yat 424 Symonds Yat Rock 334 synchronous 108 synchronous relationships 253 synthetic pyrethroid compounds 334 synthetic pyrethroid dips 64 Syon Park 224