“A fresh northerly breeze and a wheen of fresh faces took to the well-grassed sward of Old Anniesland.”

“Across the sward a hare, its scut uplifted in alarm, scampers from the running crouch of a greyhound.”

“Farmers tell him that livestock graze the sward very tightly so there is no wastage.”

“The ground flora in the oak woods ranges from areas of bilberry through grassy swards to rich moss carpets and small alder flushes.”

“Thus the potential nutritive value of uncut silage swards is limited, and the emphasis must now be on conserving them as an edible feedstuff.”

“Livestock poaching during the incessant wet weather and machinery operations on soft ground has done enormous damage to grass swards.”