Highlights from Nial Moores, Kevin Johnson, Vince Smith, Therese Catanach and Kazunori Yoshizawa. A belated report on a week in the field, at Seosan (25th), Mokpo, Heuksan Island (26th-29th), Gocheonnam (30th), the Geum Estuary (31st) and several sites between Jeonju … read more
Bird News by Jason Loghry It’s been another marvellous week for birding, but this time in my own neighbourhood. I was tipped off a few months back that Bunsungsan is a reliable spot for migrating flycatchers, great for raptor watching, … read more
Bird news by Subhojit Chakladar with Bradlee Sulentic and Jason Loghry A fantastic weekend of birding along the west coast. Starting early on a hot. humid Saturday, Brad and I spent some time around the Seosan lake A. Highlights included … read more
Bird News from “Team Entomology” (Rob Wiedenmann, Jason Chapman, Ian Denholm, Alistair Drake, Don Reynolds) and Nial Moores. Four days of birding in above-average temperatures (with daily maxima of between 29C and 34C) found almost 100 species in total. These … read more
Birds News from Jason Loghry and Nial Moores Within three hours of looking at sea, more than 1000 Black-tailed Gulls, more than 100 Streaked Shearwater, about 75 Common Terns, about 150 Red-necked Phalarope, and a Pomarine Skua. read more
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii in Busan: August 1st-2nd 2012 Nial Moores (NM), August 3rd. On August 1st, Jason Loghry and NM watched an adult Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii offshore from Igidae, Busan. Although it was too distant … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry and Nial Moores Awesome day for sea-watching. Greater Crested Tern mixed in a flock of Black-tailed Gulls! Second or third record for the ROK? There were about 1000 Black-tailed Gulls, 80+ Streaked Shearwater, 20 Black-headed … read more
Bird news from Jason Loghry later joined by Shane and Yoli Park Despite the rain, I had an early start on Saturday. Although it wasn’t the safest condition for a bike ride, I couldn’t resist continuing my search for crakes … read more
Bird News from Mike Friel I went early to a temple site and within minutes, at 7:25am, the first Ruddy Kingfisher I have seen in Korea wheeled up to an overhanging branch nearby, as if to check out the intruder. … read more
Bird News from Betty Slade, David Cole and Nial Moores (joined by Jason Loghry on June 24th). Although mid-late June is NOT the best time for birding in the ROK, an enjoyable eight days in the field took us … read more