The silvereye â also known as the wax-eye, or sometimes white eye â is a small and friendly olive green forest bird with white rings around its eyes. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) were self introduced in the 1800s and now have a wide distribution throughout New Zealand.he silvereye â also known as the wax-eye, or sometimes white eye â is a small and friendly olive green forest bird with white rings around its eyes. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) were self introduced in the 1800s and now have a wide distribution throughout New Zealand.
Cockles are an effective bait for a wide variety of sea fishes. The folk song Molly Malone is also known as Cockles and Mussels because the title character's sale of the two foods is referred to in the song's refrain. The shells of cockles are mentioned in the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
But cheap, fleshy mussels, in their sleek blue-black shells, come with a scorecard of ticks as long as your arm. Most of the mussels we eat these days are cultivated on ropes suspended from floating rafts in clean waters.