Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar A boat trip from Daejin and a few hours of birding around the harbor in the wonderful company of Dr Nial Moores (and his guest) and the members of the University Birding Club produced quite … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar and Marco Della Seta A short trip to the ridge on the southern borders of an island in Yeosu to look for Fairy Pitta. This site was also visited last year on the 10th of … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick weekend trip just ahead of a storm system moving in from China. With rain predicted on Sunday, I tried to make most of the good weather on Saturday. After arrival on the island … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar and Marco Della Seta A boat trip off the coast of Daejin over very calm seas and relatively mild temperatures produced some very close and satisfying views. Highlights included thousands of gulls, 8 Brunnich’s Murres, … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Back to Socheong after a period of 3 years for a weekend trip. Though the weather and winds looked interesting with pre-dawn rain, there was a not a cloud to be seen by the time … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar The journey from Mokpo over extraordinarily calm seas had nothing of note till a few km from Gageo when murrelets appeared by the dozens. Most of them were Ancient Murrelets with a few distant probable … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar Sunday birding covering two loops around the ferry terminal. Very few birds and a general summer like feel (along with bird species to match). The first loop covered the village beyond the “pass” and the … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Slightly over 24 hours on the island and some good luck with the weather. Decent number of common passage migrants but high numbers of buntings (9 species) and phylloscopus warblers. There were many local birders … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar (with Minseon Zee) A quick day trip to Deokjeok to check the status of migration. It rained most of the time (rather lightly). Only the hiking trail from the harbor to the school was covered … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Starting on the New Chinese/Lunar New Year day in a rain soaked Sokcho, both the lakes in the city were unbelievably void of bird life. With a constant drizzle, strong winds and ominous clouds over … read more