Birds News from Bernhard Seliger Two morning strolls in Kangseo Seubji…Kangseo Seubji, the wetland along the Han river in Kangseo (“West of the river”) district, has in the past been a sometimes very good resting area for ducks, geese and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores & Bernhard Seliger, Kim Choony (National KFEM), Shim Hyeong Jin (Incheon KFEM), Choi Hyun-Ah and Trevor Rose A return trip to Baekryeong in continuing unseasonably mild weather (with overnight lows close to zero, and highs … read more
Bjorn Olesen, December 30th 2019 Bjorn Olesen is a retired corporate executive, award-winning wildlife photographer and a passionate conservationist. With his wife Fanny, he has published three books ‘A Visual Celebration of Giant Pandas’ in 2013, and ‘A Visual Celebration … read more
Nial Moores & Bjorn Olesen, December 9th-18th Personal wildlife highlights of ten days spent with Bjorn Olesen gathering images for his next wildlife conservation book included: five species of crane, with often spectacular views of hundreds of Red-crowneds and thousands … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores As part of Birds Korea’s research collaboration with the Oriental Stork Reintroduction Program, two days driving around rice-fields in Seosan (thanks Park Meena!). Among more than 60 species logged the highlight was a total of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores With northerly or northwesterly winds (occasionally reaching 50km/hr) on multiple dates, a total of 157 species were logged during 14 days of survey between November 1st and 16th. Half of the days were spent walking … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (with Mark Harris 22nd-25th and Ju Yong-Ki 31st). A total of 151 species recorded to date, with a good spread of what are generally considered to be irruptive species in the ROK (including Chinese Nuthatch, … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores In fairly steady weather, fairly slow birding for Baekryeong, with only 102 species logged in the first four days. Highlights so far have included two Swinhoe’s White-eyes (at least on 19th), one Greater Spotted Eagle, … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Per Kaijser and Jared Busen A total of 34 shorebird species (out of a total 110 bird species logged) were found, with shorebird highlights that included a Pectoral Sandpiper below the Geum Barrage at … read more
Gageo Island, April 18-May 2, 2019 April 18th Back on Gageo-do after six years! Not much from the Mokpo-Gageo ferry besides some Ancient Murrelets. While it was amazing to be back on Gageo, there were some negative developments at … read more