indeX^273Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust 157
Lincolnshire Wolds 31, 66, 98, 100,
105, 119
Linnaeus 132, 134
linnet 10, 108–9, 174
little grebe 34
little ringed plover 85, 181
lizard 174
common 180
sand 28
lodgepole pine 130, 152
Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra
Italica) 130–1, 191
London 13, 21, 26, 59–60, 66, 80, 85,
88, 130, 136, 146, 164, 174–5,
179, 181, 185
Botanical Society of 133
cemeteries 177–8
commons 157, 176
County Council 185
growth of 163, 163 , 165, 182
insects in 173, 175
parks and gardens in and
around 117, 128, 176–7
plants and birds in 166, 175, 177,
179–80, 182
reservoirs 180
smog 78–9, 162
long-eared owl 175
long-tailed tit 10
Lorraine, Claude 116
Loudon, John Claudius 132, 178
louse (Asellus aquaticus) 161
Loutherbourg, Phillip de 79
Lovegrove, Roger 42, 54–6, 71–2
Lubbock, Richard 102
lugworm (Arenicola marina) 31
lupin, garden 167
Lutyens, Edwin 172
lynx 8
Mabey, Richard 11, 85, 179, 192
Macan, T. T. 85
magpie 54, 148
malaria 33, 101–2
mallard 10, 32, 34, 66, 146, 177
mammoth 3
Manchester 78–9, 82, 133, 162–3,
167, 180, 182
mangold wurzels 94
maple 12, 22, 46, 51 see also red
maple
Marcher Counties 55
market gardens 59, 89, 151, 162, 175
marl/marling 93, 99, 110
marsh harrier 103 see also harrier
marsh hay 33, 146
marsh lousewort (Pedicularis
palustris) 32
marsh marigold 176
marsh orchids (Dactyllorhiza spp) 82,
181
marsh sandpiper (Totanus
stagnatilis) 85
marsh valerian (Valeriana dioica) 32
Marshall, William 40, 46, 106
marshes 32–3, 3 5, 65, 146, 157, 179,
184
birds of 10, 32
grazing marsh 32–3
salt marsh 31–2, 157
‘Marshland’, Norfolk 32
Mascall, L. 72
mat grass (Nardus stricta) 28, 30, 100
mayflies 161
meadow pipit 10, 154
meadows 1, 9, 11, 17, 30, 37–40, 42,
43 , 80, 168, 172–3, 189
decline of 78, 138, 146, 182, 184
floating 38–9, 91
water meadows 38–40, 39 , 75, 146
meadowsweet (Filipendula
ulmaria) 38
Mediterranean 14, 86, 123
Mendip Hills/Mendips 30, 66, 103
merlin 29, 154
Mersey, river 79, 161
Merseyside 82
Mesolithic 3–4, 191
mice 29, 49, 52, 60, 72, 166, 172, 174
michaelmas daisy 130, 167–8, 171–2,
190
Middlesex 50, 55, 101, 151, 155, 164 ,
164, 182, 187
Midlands 6, 9, 26, 45, 55–6, 85, 93,
110, 111 , 124
champion 7, 14, 30, 42, 44, 45
enclosure 93, 109–10