Nial Moores, November 14th, 2012 Figure 1: Stejneger’s Stonechat, presumed First-winter Male (on tail pattern and wear), October 31st 2012, Gageo Island. Nial Moores / Birds Korea. With recent splits in formerly familiar species (such as Arctic Warbler) and proposed … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll Tuesday 6th The Winter Wrens have arrived in force on Geoje! I saw nine noisy and scrappy examples on one small stream, and it seemed like they were scuffling over prime habitat. A single female … read more
Selected Bird Survey highlights from Nial Moores In total 111 species were recorded during this period (out of a grand total of 146 species recorded on Gageo between October 21st and November 7th). Counts were made daily along the 1-Gu … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar I returned to Deokjeok-do to check out the areas that I surveyed last weekend. Being nearer to shore means I could spend more time actually birding rather than traveling on the ferry, as is the … read more
Selected Bird Survey highlights from Nial Moores In total 110 species recorded, with between 66 and 83 species recorded daily. Winds remained stubbornly to the north or northeast, and skies largely fair, with the only precipitation being several rain showers … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick day-trip to Deokjeok-do, one of the onshore islands, an hours ferry ride from Incheon, provided an ideal way to make most of a wonderful and sunny Sunday. Even though not as good as … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll It’s starting to feel like late fall in Korea, with crisp temperatures at night. It’s also been a fruitful week of birding on Geoje, with over 60 species seen. The ducks of winter have started … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry After a long, rainy, bird-less Saturday, I woke up early and headed to the park for some Sunday fun day. Eastern Great Tit were in good numbers, and there was a noticeable presence of Goldcrest … read more
Selected Birding highlights from Nial Moores Over 100 species recorded between October 21st and 26th, with 86 species recorded on October 24th (when both 1-Gu and 2-Gu were surveyed). In addition to high numbers of winter finches (e.g. 1,100 Eurasian … read more
Bird News by Jason Loghry I had an amazing weekend beginning with a lecture to a small group of students given by Dr. Nigel Clark, Head of Projects at BTO and very actively involved in Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation. I was … read more