Cypriots eat Robins and Song Thrushes at Christmas time

Robin

When I first stumbled upon a bird trapper whilst walking my dog, at first I wasn’t sure what was going on. It wasn’t until a conversation later that I realised that he’d been out to catch songbirds, including our favourite Christmas bird the robin. His furtiveness should have told me that […]

Rare wildlife found in the Cyprus Green Line areas

Whilst under the control of a United Nations peacekeeping force for the past 35 years the Green Line areas in most cases have been allowed to revert to the wild. Wildlife have multiplied without the threat of human intervention and a UN project, including both GCs and TCs, has set out to find which […]

Oxalis – how to get rid of this weed

Oxalis is one of the most common weeds in Cyprus which forms a yellow blanket in your garden which is extremely difficult to remove permanently. Don’t bother using weed-killer as, not only will the effects be short lived but the closeness of Oxalis to your plants will probably make the process unworkable. I was […]