INDEX
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abscisic acid 98
Aker, Scott 99
Alcinous, King 12
alder 101, 102, 104, 153–5, 156
alder kitten 153–4
Almaty, Kazakhstan 8, 11, 12
Anglo-Saxons 14, 165, 166, 183, 204
ants 25, 46, 60, 80, 81, 149–50, 179
aphids 114, 162–3, 165, 168, 224
Aphrodite (Greek goddess) 12–13
apple:
badgers and 30, 48
boar and 232–4
breeds/varieties see individual variety name
British demand for 197–8
chemical spraying of 110, 111 see also pesticides
‘chill hours’ and 238
cider see cider
collecting 188, 192
etymology 14
history/evolution of British orchard 7–28, 52–3
imports, UK 195–7
in literature 12–13
pigs and 234
supermarket selection of 196–7
apple tree:
ancient origins/migrations of 7–13
bee pollination 92–3, 149, 150–1
blossom 137, 139, 149, 161
climate change and 238–9
forests, wild 7–13, 17, 18
grafting 7, 10, 13, 16, 241–2
history/evolution of British orchard and 7–28, 52–3
hyphal network 224–7
lifespan/lifecycle 69, 97, 223, 224, 225, 226–7, 229–30, 239–43
pesticides and see orchards
planting 113, 233, 240–1
see also orchard
April 36–7, 45, 54, 73–93, 100, 101, 111, 129
Ashdown Forest 5
Atalanta (Greek mythological character) 13
Athena (Greek goddess) 12–13
August 153–68, 170, 217, 218
Aulonothroscus brevicollis beetle 229
auroch 19
Avalon 19
Badby, Northamptonshire 23
badgers 5, 30, 48, 60, 119, 146, 198–9, 231–2
Balston, R.J.: Notes on the Birds of Kent 24, 25
bank vole 37, 166, 199
barbastelles bat 180, 207
bark beetle 132, 228–9
barn owl 111, 148, 151, 225
bats 1, 4, 20, 27, 40, 49, 80, 84, 89–90, 97, 142–3, 144, 151, 170, 172, 178–83, 201, 207, 229 see also individual species of bat
Battle Abbey 14
BBC 5, 60
Beale, John 17
bears 6, 7, 8–9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 30, 138, 147, 218 see also individual species of bear
beaver 75, 76, 84, 85, 203
Bechstein’s bat 183
beech 211
bee-hive 47, 110, 148
bee hotel 158–9
bees 3, 47, 68, 72, 76, 77, 78–9, 82, 90–3, 97, 108, 109, 110, 120, 121, 122, 123, 126, 128, 129, 135, 138, 143, 148–9, 150–1, 155, 158–9, 160, 183, 211, 221–2 see also individual species of bee
beetles 19, 21, 38, 39, 40, 88–90, 103, 113, 122, 124, 125, 128–9, 131, 135–7, 144, 146, 183, 228–9 see also individual species of beetle
Betty Prosser pear 48–9, 191, 192
Bialowieza Forest, Poland 215–16
birds see individual species of bird
bird’s-foot trefoil 127
blackberry 166, 167, 174
blackbird 33, 36, 38, 45, 53, 96, 145, 166, 174, 217, 235
blackcap 222, 237–8
Black Death 15
black ivy berry 235
black poplar 137, 139
blackthorn 74, 75, 78, 96, 100, 205, 206, 208, 216
black-veined white butterfly 21, 139
Black Worcester pear 15
Blenheim Orange apple 51–2
bluebottle fly 199
blue tit 46–7, 79–80, 85, 86, 101, 130, 132, 162, 165, 168, 202
Bly, Robert 95
boar 9, 15, 19, 147, 232–4
Boleyn, Anne 16
Bosbury pear 191–2
Botai culture 11
bramble 3, 67, 174, 201, 205, 216, 218
brash 4, 209
brimstone butterfly 100, 200
British Birds 55
British Trust for Ornithology 36
Nest Records Scheme 71
brown bear 8–9, 11, 19, 218
Browning, Robert 144
brown long-eared bat 201
Broxwood Foxwhelp 194, 239
Bukk Hills, Hungary 141–2
Bull, Edith Elizabeth 22–3
bullfinch 2, 25, 57, 100, 204–6, 207
bumblebee 90–2, 93, 108, 126, 135, 184
burnet moth 127–8
bustard 135
butterfly 21, 39, 68–9, 82–4, 100, 101, 107–8, 109, 125, 126, 138–40, 144, 149, 150, 157–8, 167, 199–203, 221, 222 see also individual species of butterfl...
