Chuja Island, April 14-17, 2019 The island-hopping continued north to Chuja-do, a medium-small set of bridge-connected islands 2/3 of the way to the mainland from Jeju. I visited a few times back in my Jeju days, but those … read more
Jeju Island, April 11-13, 2019 For any birder who has yet to visit Korea’s Yellow Sea during spring migration…what are you waiting for? Aside from the ‘regular’ East Asian migratory specialties that can be found along the East-Australasian Flyway, there … read more
While the ever-increasing amount of infrastructure destroys habitats almost everywhere in Korea and also does not stop in the border area, it is still a good place to go year-round to see species rare elsewhere in the country. In the … read more
May 2nd – We reached the island at about midday and, after a brief meeting with Matt Poll who was leaving on the same boat, we got straight into the birds. Skies were clear with a light northerly breeze and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores On June 5th, headed out to Junam Reservoir in the evening to look for a Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus, a national first record reported somewhat belatedly in the Seoul Ilbo on the 4th, with … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger with Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation and Birds Korea) The latest in a series of surveys carried out for Gimpo City brought again a nice mix of species. In particular, the following observations were of interest: Black-Faced Spoonbills: … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (with Shim Kyu-Sik for much of 25th and 26th). Outstanding late May highlights on Baekryeong this year included Korea’s first Chinese Bush Warbler on May 25th (sadly not photographed or sound-recorded) and Korea’s first Black … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A total of 141 bird species logged so far during ongoing research for the Baekryeong Wetlands Project, with rarest in the Korean context a single Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos on the 22nd; and rarest in … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar A day trip to Deokjeok Island to look for migrants. Visiting after a period of about 2 years, the bridge connecting it to neighboring Soyado is now complete and blocks part of the trail that … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar My friend Todd Hull and I visited a popular park in east Busan on early Sunday morning and spent a few hours birding the roadside and a shaded stream. Right from the beginning we could … read more