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Aberdeen, 183, 200, 203
Aberlady Bay, Lothian, 111
Abernethy, Highland, 113, 165, 174, 176
Adams, Bill, 93, 228, 285, 306-7
agriculture, 13, 14, 20, 38, 136-40
expansion, 137-40, 144, 217
extensified, 146, 150-51, 153, 311-12
White Papers, 140, 310-11
farm woodlands, 150
overgrazing, 20, 139, 239, 311
pesticides, 20, 141-43
quotas, 148-49
set-aside, 149-150
in Wales, 52, 155, 157
Ainsdale, Lancs, 122-23
Amberley Wild Brooks, Sussex, 83, 215-17
ancient trees, 16
ancient woodland, 24, 164, 168-73, 174
Arbuthnott, Viscount, 84
Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea), 298
Aston Rowant, Oxon, 13, 127, 282
atlases, 22-23
Aubrey, John, 75
Baddesley Common, Hants, 90, 91
badger (Meles meles), 80, 236-38
Badgeworth, Glos, 113
Ballochbuie, Grampian, 174, 175
Barker, George, 184
Barton Hills, Beds, 122
barrages, 223-26
Basingstoke Canal, Hants, 249
basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), 72, 187-88
bats, 20-21, 247-49
Bat Conservation Trust, 248-49, 260
Beamish, Sally, 141
beaver, European (Castor fiber), 282-85
Beinn Eighe, Highland, 124
Ben Lawers, Tayside, 65
Ben Wyvis, Highland, 230
Berne Convention, 83
Bernwood Forest, Oxon, 112
Berwyn mountains, Clwyd-Powys, 220-23
Biodiversity Action Plan, 44, 52, 60, 80, 146, 156, 175, 257-61, 270, 274-76, 307
local plans, 199, 200, 272-73
marine, 185, 197
habitats, 259, 275
rebuilding, 309, 315
species, 146, 256-61, 262-63, 269-273
sponsorship, 260-62
targets, 266
Biodiversity Challenge, 256-58
Biodiversity Counts, 273-74, 308
Biological Records Centre, 22
Birkdale Sandhills, Lancs, 122-23, 212
bird sanctuaries, see Wildfowl Sanctuaries
Birmingham, 183, 202, 220
bittern (Botaurus stellaris), 16, 264-66
black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), 20
Blakehill Farm, Wilts, 131
boar, wild (Sos scrofa), 285-86
Boote, Bob, 32, 183
Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI), 22
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncata), 188-89
Bowers, John, 141, 217
Boyd, J. Morton, 37, 89, 165, 240, 278-79, 280
Bradfield Woods, Suffolk, 172, 194
Braunton Burrows, Devon, 118
Breckland, Norfolk/Suffolk, 120, 144, 146, 156
Breydon Water, Norfolk, 110
Britain’s Plant Communities, 27
British Association of Nature Conservationists (BANC), 69-70
British Mycological Society, 57
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), 70
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), 27, 70-71, 144, 210, 226
Broads, The, Norfolk/Suffolk, 115, 150-51, 293, 298, 303
bryophytes, 19, 20, 22, 24, 73, 263
bullfrog, American (Rana catesbeiana), 297
bumblebees, 19
burbot (Lota lota), 21
Burnham Beeches, Bucks, 111
Burns Report on hunting, 243-44
butterflies, 15, 16, 18, 19, 78-79, 301, 302
monitoring of, 27, 71
Butterfly Conservation, 71, 110, 260
Buxton, Audrey, 86, 101
bypasses, 217-20
Caenlochan, Grampian, 231
Cairngorms, Grampian/Highland, 16, 84, 103, 120, 174, 229-33
Cairngorms Partnership, 176
Caledonian pine forest, 112, 173-77
Cambrian Mountains, Powys, 139, 151, 152
Canford Heath, Dorset, 209
Canna, Inner Hebrides, 131, 133-35
capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), 20, 175, 177
Cardiff Bay, Glams, 223-26
Cardigan Bay, 189, 193
Cetti’s warbler (Cettia cetti), 19
Channel Tunnel, 228
char (Salvelinus alpinus), 21
Chinese mitten-crab (Eriocheir sinensis), 298
cirl bunting (Emberiza cirlus), 20, 145-46
Clarke, David, 92, 93
Clattinger Farm, Wilts, 76-77
Cley Marshes, Norfolk, 60
Coed Cymru, 52
Coll, Inner Hebrides, 148
commons, 15, 110, 136
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), 50, 95, 140, 141, 153
and passim Common Bird Census, 27, 70, 144, 210
Community Forests, 200
Conservation Corps, see British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
corncockle (Agrostemma githago), 144, 286
corncrake (Crex crex), 20, 133, 147-48
cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), 144, 272
corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum), 142-43
Council for Nature, 68
Council for the Preservation of Rural England (CPRE), 58, 85
Countryside Alliance, 58, 244
Countryside Commission, 50, 218, 314 and passim Countryside Commission for Scotland (CCS), 40, 47, 163
Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), 50-52, 237, 314 and passim
and agriculture, 52, 54, 154-55
and Welsh politics, 51, 54-55
Countryside Premium Scheme, 150
Countryside and Rights of Way Act, 101-2
Countryside Stewardship, 146, 153-54, 157
Countryside Survey, 304
county floras, 22-24
Cow Green, Durham, 108, 194
coypu (Myocastor coypus), 287, 292-93
crayfish, 297-98
Creag Meagaidh, Highland, 165-66, 239-40
crofting, 133, 136
Dalyell, Tarn, 39, 86
Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata), 19
Dartington Amenity Research Institute, 308
Darwin, Charles, 126
Darwin Mounds, 187
deer, 20, 119, 238-41, 242
red (Cervus elaphus), 132, 138-40
roe (Capreolus capreolus), 240-41
muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi), 294
hybrids, 20, 294
and woods, 119, 170, 239, 294
scientific study of, 132
devolution, 18, 39-40, 50, 55, 56
dolphins, 188-89
dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), 21
Doubleday Institute, 304
dragonflies, 19, 22, 300
Drainage Boards, 138-39, 150-51, 156, 216-17
Duich Moss, Islay, 37
dunlin (Calidris alpina), 167, 224, 226
Dungeness, Kent/Sussex, 15
eagle, golden (Aquila chrysaetos), 250, 251, 280
eagle, sea (Haliaeetus albicilla), 277-80
early gentian (Gentianella anglica), 273
Earth Summit, 254-55
Economic Forestry Group, 222
Edinburgh, 272
Eigg, 131, 133-35
Elmley marshes, Kent, 155-56
Endemics, 16, 274
English Nature, 41-46, 101, 146, 155, 199, 211, 243, 251, 259, 266, 274, 282, 295, 304, 306, 311, 313, 314
‘philosophy’, 42, 43, 44
grants, 43, 61 and passim
casework, 44-45, 97, 207, 219
criticism of, 45
and science, 43-44, 302-3
Environment Agency, 101, 274, 303, 315
Environmental Change Network, 114
Environment Protection Act, 40
Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA), 139, 150-52, 247, 311
Epping Forest, Essex, 111
Esher Common, Surrey, 270
estuaries, 24, 102, 103
European Union, 97, 102-4, 148, 176, 191, 198-99, 206, 207, 266, 284, 289, 311
subsidies, 97, 266
agricultural reform, 311
See also SAC, SPA and Habitats Directive
eutrophication, 18, 197, 303-4
Exmoor, Devon/ Somerset, 83, 86, 152
Exmoor pony, 127, 129
extinction, 18, 19, 20
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), 71-72, 150, 156
Farne Islands, N’land, 234-35
ferns, 19
fish-farming, 196-97
Flanders Moss, Stirling, 55
Flatholm, 296
flatworm, 298
flies (Diptera), 19
floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides), 290
Flora Locale, 292
‘Flow Country’, Sutherland/Caithness, 103, 104, 166-68, 286
foot-and-mouth disease, 238, 243, 311
Forests, see Royal Forests
Forestry Commission, 159, 162-65, 168, 171, 172, 178, 182, 274
afforestation of uplands, 39, 166-68, 286
properties, 163, 171-72, 177-78
plantings, 160, 165-68, 182
policy, 159, 161-62
and wildlife, 160, 162, 166-67, 178-79
and reintroductions, 284-85
Forest Nature Reserves, 112
Formby Point, Lancs, 122, 295
Fountain Forestry, 165-66, 167
fox (Vulpes vulpes), 242-44
Friends of the Earth, 45, 66-67, 75, 94, 96, 97, 99, 219, 226
and wildlife bill, 96-97, 99
fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), 120
fungi, 19, 57, 73, 270-72, 299
Gairloch Conservation Unit, 240
Game Conservancy, 141-42, 157
gamekeeping, 242, 251-52
gannet (Morus bassana), 16
gardens, 209-11
geese, 244-47
Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs), 46, 66, 304-5
Geological Conservation Review, 25, 53
giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), 287, 288
Gibraltar Point, Lincs, 111
Gilbert, Oliver, 206, 208
Glasgow, 200, 202-3, 211
Glen Dye, Grampian, 168
Glen Etive, Highland, 278
Glen Falloch, Highland, 174
Glen Feshie, Highland, 49, 174
Glen Lochay, Tayside, 94
Glen More, Highland, 174, 176
Glen Tanar, Grampian, 108, 174, 176
golf, 92, 211-12
Goode, David, 85
Grange Farm (Hope Farm), Cambs, 157
great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), 44, 207
Greenpeace, 58, 67, 305
greenshank (Tringa nebularia), 167
grey partridge (Perdix perdix), 20, 141-42, 145, 149, 157
grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), 16, 20, 234-36
grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), 295
Grizedale, Cumbria, 178
Groundwort Trusts, 199
guillemot (Uria aalge), 196
gulls, 242
Gummer, John, 97, 219, 261
Gwent Levels, 51, 225
habitat creation, 206-7, 310
habitat loss, 17, 35, 85
Habitats Directive, 103-4, 191, 192-93, 206, 284
Haeckel, Ernst, 254
Halvergate marshes, Norfolk, 150-51
Hamsterley Forest, Durham, 178
Hartland Moor, Dorset, 209
harvest mouse (Micromys minutus), 21
heaths, 17, 34, 209, 286
hedges, 44, 116, 146-47, 150, 154
removal of, 18, 137-38
hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), 80, 295-96
helleborine orchids (Epipactis species), 205, 211
hen harrier (Circus cyaneus), 250-52
herbicides, 142-43
Heritage Lottery Fund, 43, 44, 61, 76, 109, 125, 262, 306
Heseltine, Michael, 83-84, 86
Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB), 38, 39, 230
Hill of White Hammers, Orkney, 157
honeybee (Apis mellifera), 298
Hope Farm, Cambs see Grange Farm
horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus), 185, 191
Horton Heath, Dorset, 85
house sparrow (Passer domesticus), 20, 145
human population, 12-13
Humber, 193, 303
hunting, 243-44
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE), 33, 34
Interim Development Orders, 95
Invertebrate Site Register, 25
Irish lady’s-tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana), 148
Islay, 37, 244, 246-47
Isle of May, 198
Isles of Scilly, see Scilly
Isle of Wight, 295, 299
Jefferies, Richard, 75
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), 40, 52-54, 104, 185, 259, 263
journals, 23-24, 305
Kennet, River, 218, 297, 315
Kielder Forest, N’land, 178
King, Tom, 84, 87
Kingcombe estate, Dorset, 126
kite, red (Milvus milvus), 19, 277, 280-81
kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), 196, 284-85
Knapdale, Argyll, 161, 284-85
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare), 141-42
ladybirds, 19
Lady Park Wood, Glos/Gwent, 112
lagoon sandworm (Armandia cirrhosa), 187
Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, 156-57
Landfill Tax Credits scheme, 61, 76, 77
Landlife, 199
Lang, Ian, 49, 55
Langholm experiment, 251-52
Lappel Bank, Kent, 226
lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), 20, 145
large blue (Maculinea arion), 18
large copper (Lycaena dispar), 14
Leeds, 272
lichens, 18, 24
limestone pavement, 34, 87
Lingerbay, Outer Hebrides, 55
linnet (Carduelis cannabina), 20
little egret (Egretta garzetta), 19, 300
Liverpool, 199, 205
Llanbrynmair Moors, Powys, 165, 222
Local Nature Reserves (LNR), 111-12, 187, 200, 203, 218, 242
Loch Lomond, 122, 152, 297
Loch Morlich, 176
Loch of Strathbeg, 247
Loch Sween, 190, 191
Loddington, Leics, 157
Lofthouse, Reggie, 222
Lomondside, see Loch Lomond
Lullington Heath, Sussex, 115-16
Lundy, 184, 190, 290, 296
Lurcher’s Gully, Cairngorms, 230-31
Mabey, Richard, 85, 107-8, 110, 141
maerl, 192
Manchester, 205
Mantle, Gary, 76-78
mapping schemes, 22-23
Mar Lodge, Grampian, 64-65, 240
Marine Conservation Society, 72, 183, 187, 188
Marine Nature Conservation Review, 25, 53, 183, 185, 193
Marine Nature Reserves, 86, 183, 184, 185, 190-92, 193
marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia), 207, 260
marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), 250
Meacher, Michael, 98
meadows, 15, 17, 120-21, 138
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus), 19
Melchett, Peter, 67, 68, 85
Merricks, Philip, 156
Mersey, River, 193
Mellanby, Kenneth, 140
Millennium Forest, 75
Millennium Forest for Scotland, 122, 182
Ministry of Agriculture, 14, 86-87, 93, 140, 150-52, 286, 298, 303
and pest control, 237-38, 293, 295
and ESAs, 151-52
Ministry of Defence, 144
mink (Mustela vison), 277, 293-94
Minsmere, Suffolk, 113, 265-66
molluscs, 22, 266-69
Monach Isles, 235
Monks Wood, Cambs, 111, 114, 119
Monks Wood Field Station, 32, 111
Moor House, Cumbria/Durham, 111, 114
Moore, Norman, 35, 82, 217
Moray Firth, 104, 189
Morley, Elliot, 188, 189
Morrison, Herbert, 31
Morrone Birkwood, Grampian, 117
motorways, 13
Muir of Dinnet, Grampian, 108
Mull, 152, 279, 280
muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), 293
myxomatosis, 21
National Biodiversity Network, 22, 53, 78
National Forest, 182, 200
National Forest Parks, 176-77
National Nature Reserves (NNR), 32, 52, 107-8, 110-111, 113-16, 118-19, 120-21, 122, 124-26, 127, 130, 131-33
and passim National Parks, 47, 50, 87, 122
National Scenic Areas, 163
National Trust, 63-64, 70, 75, 95, 113, 144, 180, 235, 299
properties, 63, 95, 113
National Trust for Scotland, 64-65, 75, 113, 131, 133, 240
natterjack toad (Bufo calamita), 21, 122, 263, 290
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), 32-33
naturalists, 21-22, 305-7
Nature Conservancy, 31-33, 81-83, 116, 194, 221, 235
Nature Conservancy Council (NCC), 33-41, 61, 84-93
casework, 217, 218-19, 239-40, 246, 248
thoughts on agriculture, 34, 85, 140-41
policies, 35
and science, 24-26, 33-35, 170-71
and SSSIs, 84-87, 89-93, 95, 156
and forestry, 38-39, 160, 162, 164, 165-68, 172, 175
and marine environment, 183, 184-85, 186, 190, 194
and urban environment, 183-84, 212
stabbed in the back, 38-40
Nature Conservation Orders, 87, 90-91, 96-97, 101
Nature Conservation Review, 34-35, 116
Nature reserves, 77, 107-134 and passim
reasons for, 107-8, 110, 120
management of, 14-15, 113-16, 119-20, 123, 124-26
limitations, 14, 21, 117-20, 119, 122, 131-35
Wildlife Trusts, 76-77, 126-31
selection of, 34, 62, 81, 107, 116
New Forest, 16, 88, 110, 178-80, 271
Newbury, 217-20
Nicholson, Max, 31
nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), 258-59
nitrate-free zones, 303
North Meadow, Wilts, 120-21, 124
North Rona, 235
North Ronaldsay, 296
North York Moors, 88
Nottingham, 203, 204
Offham Down, Sussex, 45, 96-98
oil spills, 193-96
organic farming, 144, 155, 304
Orkney, 235, 236, 247
Orton Brickpits, Cambs, 44-45, 207
Otmoor, Oxon, 139, 215
otter (Lutra lutra), 21, 104, 195
Oxford, 139, 291
Oxleas Wood, Greater London, 220
parrot’s-feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum), 290
partridge, see grey partridge
pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera), 263, 266-69
peatlands, 25, 44-45, 125, -26, 165-68, 301 and passim Penwith, Cornwall, 15, 152
peregrine (Falco peregrinus), 20, 250, 251-53
pesticides, 32, 248, 249, 281-82, 294
Peterken, George, 163, 170, 172, 182, 242
Pevensey Levels, 15
pine marten (Martes martes), 20, 80
Plantlife, 73, 127, 177, 260, 290, 315
polecat (Mustela putorius), 20
pollan (Coregonus autumnalis), 21, 297
ponds, 207, 211
Poole Harbour, Dorset, 287
Poore, Duncan, 32
Porton Down, Hants/Wilts, 147
Possil Marsh, Glasgow, 202-3
powan (Coregonus lavaretus), 21, 297
Prestt, Ian, 83, 222, 251
Protection of Wild Birds Act, 80, 245
rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), 21 and passim Rackham, Oliver, 141, 163, 172
Rainham Marshes, Greater London, 200, 226-29
Ramsar sites, 102-3
rare breeds, 127-29
rats, 296-97
Ratcliffe, Derek, 34, 38, 116
Ravenglass Dunes, Cumbria, 111, 242
red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), 20
Red Data Books, 24, 53, 71, 142
Red Deer Commission, 84, 239, 240
red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus), 16, 251-52
red kite, see kite
red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), 21, 43, 122, 295
Redwood, John, 54
reedbeds, 265-66
reintroductions, 277-85
rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum), 288, 289-90
Ridley, Nicholas, 38-40, 118-19
Rifkind, Malcolm, 39-40, 46
road casualties, 237, 242
road verges, 120-23
Rothamsted traps, 27
Rothiemurchus, Highland, 174, 175, 176
Rothschild, Charles, 107, 110
Rothschild Report, 33
Royal Botanic Gardens, 262
Royal Forests, 110
Royal Forestry Society, 165
Royal Society for Nature Conservation, see Wildlife Trusts
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), 16, 57, 58, 59-60, 62, 75, 83, 85, 120, 211, 225, 226, 233, 280, 295, 306
nature reserves, 113, 118, 148, 156, 157, 176, 266
and rare species, 146, 147, 148
and afforestation, 162, 221, 222
reports, 250, 301-2
ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), 295, 296
ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernus), 21
Rum (Rhum), 131-35, 278-79, 294
St Boniface Down, IoW, 299, 300
St Kilda, 16, 103
Salisbury Plain, Wilts, 144, 146, 220
salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar), 104, 196-97, 268-69
sand dunes, 25, 122-24, 209, 301-3
sand-eel (Ammodytidae), 197-98
Sands of Forvie, Grampian, 108
Sark, 296
Scilly, Isles of, 189, 190, 191, 296
Scott, Peter, 65, 74
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), 41, 46-50, 53, 55-56, 176, 232-33, 240, 246-47, 287, 289, 314
and Scottish politics, 47-48, 49, 55-56
science, 48-49
on access, 49, 232
budget, 47, 55, 306
and beaver, 284-85
Scottish primrose (Primula scotica), 16
Scottish Wildlife Trust, 60, 61, 127, 131, 133-34, 296
Seabirds at Sea, 25, 53
seal, common (Phoca vitulina), 234-36
Sea Empress, 51, 195-96
sea-fans (Eunicella species), 186, 187
seeds, 291-92
Selar Farm, Glams, 207, 223
Sefton coast, Lancs, 122-24
Severn estuary, 223-26
Sheffield, 204, 206
Sheppey, Isle of, 155-56
Sherwood Forest, 112
Shoard, Marion, 85, 141
Shrawley Wood, Worcs, 171-72
silage, 138
Silvanus Trust, 173
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), 18, 42, 50, 56, 75, 81-83, 94, 99-102, 112, 156, 202, 212, 227, 229, 230, 313 and passim
number of, 42, 88, 93
notification of, 25, 36-37, 86-89, 92-93, 221, 246, 249
damage to, 32, 82-83, 85, 89, 91-92, 95, 96, 99, 156, 221, 223, 231
defence of, 44, 46, 55, 97-98, 221-23
in Scotland, 49, 53-54, 99-100
resistance to, 88-89, 222-23
‘super SSSIs’, 87, 90-93
skate (Raja batis), 21, 197
skiing, 38, 229-33
Skomer, 190
Skye, 279-80
skylark (Alauda arvensis), 20, 144, 275, 316
Slimbridge, Glos, 74, 295
snipe (Gallinago gallinago), 20
Solent, Hants, 193, 199, 302-3
Somerset Levels, 88, 89, 222
song thrush (Turdus philomelos), 20
sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), 211, 250
Special Areas for Conservation (SAC), 49, 53, 66, 99, 102-4, 124, 192-93, 233, 313
number of, 102-4
notification of, 53, 56
Special Protection Areas (SPA), 53, 55, 83, 99, 102-4, 224, 226
stag beetle (Lucanus cervus), 180
Stamp, Dudley, 9, 10, 14
stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), 304
Stodmarsh, Kent, 157
stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), 20, 146-47
stoneworts (Characeae), 19, 24
Strangford Lough, 190, 191, 193
Swale, Kent, 156
swamp stonecrop (Crassula helmsii), 287-89, 290
swift (Apus apus), 272
sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), 286
Taff-Ely estuary, 223-24
Tansley, A.G., 310
Tawe estuary, 224
Teagle, W.G., 183
television, 22, 305
Thorne Moors, Yorks/Lincs, 45, 102, 125-26, 305
Tinsley Park, Yorks, 206
Tir Gofal (Tir Cymen), 52, 54, 152, 154-55
Torrey Canyon, 194, 196
tourism, 236
translocation, 206-7
tree-planting, 160, 182, 200, 201, 292, 313
turtles, 72
Twyford Down, Hants, 220, 305
Underwater Conservation Year, 183
Ulverscroft Valley, Leics, 91
Upper Teesdale, 108, 194
Verney, Ralph, 84-86, 89
Vincent Wildlife Trust, 249
Waddingham Common, Lincs, 82
Walker, Peter, 87, 225
Wash, The, Norfolk/Lincs, 88, 120, 217, 223, 235
water vole (Arvicola terrestris), 21, 293-94
Waterton, Charles, 110
Welsh Assembly, 55, 314
West Mersea meadow, 91
Wetland Centre, 74, 200
Wicken Fen, Cambs, 63, 109, 110, 157, 266
Wild Birds Protection Act, 80
wildcat, Scottish (Felis silvestris), 294-95
Wildfowl Centres, 74
Wildfowl Sanctuaries, 110, 113, 122, 245
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, 74, 113
Wildlife Charter, 99
Wildlife and Countryside Act, 35, 36, 80, 83-96, 228, 247
impact of, 94, 95-96
prosecutions under, 91-92, 94, 96, 248
Wildlife and Countryside Link, 68-69, 84, 99
Wildlife Trusts, 60-62, 75, 314-15 and passim
membership, 61, 75, 79
BBONT, 127
Cornwall, 61
Devon, 61, 180, 186
Dorset, 126-27
Kent, 60, 126
London, 199
Norfolk, 60
Somerset, 61
Suffolk, 144
Surrey, 23, 61
Sussex, 97
Welsh, 61, 180
Wiltshire, 75-79, 128-29, 131, 292
Worcestershire, 171
Wilkinson, William, 35, 38, 39, 96, 168, 256
Wilson, E.O., 254
Wimbledon Common, London, 111
Windsor Great Park, Berks, 120
Wistman’s Wood, Devon, 108
Woburn Abbey, Beds, 297
wood ants, 19, 254
Woodchester Park, Glos, 249
Woodland Grant Scheme, 168, 172
Woodland Trust, 74-75, 120, 127, 172
woodlark (Lullula arborea), 20
Woodwalton Fen, Cambs, 14, 126
Woolmer Forest, Hants, 263
World Heritage sites, 103, 232
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-UK), 45, 65-66, 75, 94, 96, 219, 226, 284
reports, 45, 66, 187, 197
wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), 16, 19
Wren’s Nest, Dudley, 183
Wye Downs, 82, 108, 111
Yarner Wood, Devon, 108
Young, Barbara, 46
Younger, George, 164, 166
zander (pikeperch) (Stizostedion lucioperca), 297