Bird news from Leslie Hurteau. I took a short day trip to Mara Island over the Chuseok holidays, to enjoy a gorgeous sunny day and explore the southern most point of Korea. The ferry port had Blue Rock Thrush, Oriental … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Hea-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM) Back for the eighth waterbird survey of the Hwaseong FNS, where highlights included huge numbers of Tundra Bean Goose, and a trio of scarcer geese species: Swan Goose, Lesser White-fronted … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea) with Joseph Seliger On Hangeul day, a trip along the Han and Imjin River to Yeoncheon. Unfortunately, major observation points like Odusan observatory (which grants a sometimes spectacular overview over the Han … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea) with Johann Seliger Starting a little too early on October 3 (Gaejeoncheol holiday in Korea and the 30th anniversary of German unification), we had to wait almost an hour in the dark … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (both Hanns Seidel Foundation and Birds Korea), Prof. Amaël Borzée (Nanjing Forestry University) A short survey of some of the our usual check-points along with a discussion with officials of Goseong as well … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar (with Dr Nial Moores from 30th onwards) Early fall migration watch on the occasion of Korean Thanksgiving holidays. In general the number of species seemed rather limited and the ones present seemed rather skittish (as … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (HSF and Birds Korea) with Lee Soh Hyun (currently intern at HSF) A day in Songdo to talk to partners about projects in Covid-19 times, including the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, ended with a pleasant stroll … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Hae-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM), together on various dates with e.g. KFEM’s Kim Choony, staff from the EAAFP Secretariat, Hwaseong KFEM staff and volunteers, and even a documentary team… Another seven or so part-days spent … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea lifetime members), Prof. Dr. Amaël Borzée (Birds Korea annual member) In scorching heat (up to 37 degree Celsius) in between the rainy season and an approaching typhoon birds (like … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Amaël Borzée One and a half days in between two typhoons spent along the Guryongpo Peninsula, the ROK’s best mainland site for land-based seabirding. Weather on the 5th was fairly calm, with winds increasing … read more