It is wonderful to be back birding in a country that has become so familiar to me, albeit in the unfamiliar province of Gangwon-do. After two weeks in Gangneung, I’ve come across plenty of promising habitat, and some interesting birds … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, with Kim Su-Kyung on 15th and 16th From inside the afternoon ferry from Incheon to Baekryeong Island on 8th, best were a loon sp., 78 Streaked Shearwater, one dark shearwater sp., two Black-legged Kittiwake, 30 … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Following the successful Hwaseong symposium, most of two days were spent counting shorebirds as part of World Shorebirds Day. On the 7th, together with Ha Jungmoon (Birds Korean), Hebo Peng (Team Piersma) and Wan-Chih Yin … read more
글: 하정문 지난주 8월 20-25일에 벤쿠버에서 열린 국제조류학회에 참가할 기회가 있었습니다. 저는 대학원에 입학하고 처음으로 진행한 실험의 개요를 포스터로 준비하여 전시를 했습니다. 아무래도 국제학회에 참가하는 일도 처음, 신대륙에 가보는 것도 처음이여서 여러모로 긴장이 되기도 했지만 정말 유익하고 재미있는 시간을 보내고 … read more
Going to Goseong always brings joy to see birds which can rarely be seen in South Korea outside of the border area. At the same time, the degradation of the remaining spots untouched by humans is rapidly advancing. The river … read more
Funded by the wonderfully-ethical company Lush, this survey was conducted as part of a larger project we are now starting on Baekryeong Island with several partners, including (of course!) the Hanns Seidel Foundation. In often poor weather conditions (with days … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger, Amael Borzee and staff from Rason City This was the sixth bird survey in Rason (with previous surveys by NM and BS in March 2014; July 2016; November 2016; and April 2017; and … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores with Bernhard Seliger (HSF representative and Birds Korea member), accompanied by three researchers from the State Academy of Sciences (SAOS) and several staff from the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection. After a major meeting … read more
A walk from Songdo to Sorae showed that still at least 3000-4000 shorebirds are in the area, among them most numerous Dunlins, Grey plovers, Whimbrels, Bar-tailed godwits, Great knots and Red-necked stints. Also, there were Common sandpipers, Ruddy turnstones, Mongolian … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger and Choi Hyun-Ah (from late on 25th) In generally clear and sunny conditions, with winds swinging round to all points west on the 27th, we logged approximately 140 species, with rarest in the … read more