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As holidaymakers touch down on the island of Zakynthos they see an idyllic green land filled with olive and cypress trees, and a coastline that’s hugged by crystal turquoise seas, just waiting to be explored, but it hasn’t always been that way. Whilst it has always been a green, verdant …

  Forestry work at Bochali Castle Some forestry work has taken place at the castle in Bochali lately. A team of twenty workers have cleared some of the old pine trees and vegetation from part of the castle grounds. The work was supervised by the Forestry Commission, and damaged or …

The 17th  of February, 2019 is that time of year where most Zakynthians will say “we’ve entered the triodion” . What exactly is the triodion? Most of us that are not aware of what triodion means, a quick translation we would say ‘Carnival Period’. However, this period refers to the Orthodox liturgical book that contains …

Insects are plenty in Zakynthos and there seems to be one in particular that caught the interest of not only one of our members, Emma, who captured the little creature on camera, but caused an interest and a guessing game as to what it could be. I must admit I …

Hunting period usually starts around mid September and continues throughout the winter period up until the end of January here in Greece. Wild boar has the largest distribution of any wild ungulate worldwide. Since the 1990s wild boar have gone through a population explosion, which increased their range and their …

The name Alkionides is derived from the mythological “Alkionides Days” which during the month of January are warm and sunny. In Greek mythology, the goddess Halcyon (Alcyone in Greek) was the daughter of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds. She was married to the mortal king Ceyx of Tachis. Their love for each other …

What exactly are solar winds? Well to explain we need to know a little about our Sun. The Sun contains magnetic fields that arch away from areas in the corona that are very thin due to the lower levels of energy and gas, which cause coronal holes to appear when they do not fall …

As we all know Zakynthos is very well known for its flowers, one that always attracted my attention this time of the year is what we call Manousakia (Narkissos daffodil).   Flowers are typically found within the olive groves of Zakynthos. These flowers are found throughout Zakynthos during the winter months …

Situated at the south of the island of Zakynthos is the National Maritime Park of Zakynthos. It runs from Laganas all the way across to Gerakas on the most south eastern tip of the island. It also includes the island of Marathonisi (Turtle Island). The park is home to endangered …

Those who are into sport would probably need no introduction to this young Greek man, his name? Stephanos Tsitsipas and as he continued to defeat his opponents and make his mark at the Australian Open, people wanted to find out more about him. It was the match against Roger Federer …