Bird Sightings
Baengnyeong Island, April 25-May 14
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea Coverage was almost unbroken on Baengnyeong (aka the “Big B”) during the peak northward migration period this year, with up to three teams of birders on some dates counting visible migration or driving … read more
Events
NEASPEC SOM in Mongolia, flagship birds and habitat conservation on the Korean Peninsula
From September 22-23, in Ulaan-Baatar in Mongolia, the Senior Officials Meeting of the Northeast Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) of the UN-ESCAP took place. For two days, the states of Northeast Asia (Mongolia, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, … read more
Conservation
Birds Korea Update: April 2026
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea A warm spring welcome to all of our members and supporters! Back in February, we posted a public update of our work which identified our five main, overlapping priorities for 2026: (1) Continue … read more
Field Identification
Two Tibetan Sand Plover 검은이마왕눈물떼새, Baengnyeong Island
Dr Nial Moores, May 2026 Following the rain of May 3rd which helped produce the island’s first Asian Dowitcher 큰부리도요, the weather on May 4th seemed unremarkable, and there was little evidence of any kind of arrival on Baengnyeong Island. … read more
Public Awareness
제20차 연천 한‧일 습지 포럼 연천에서 열리다
글: 백승광 (새와 생명의 터 임진-한탄강 지역 대표) 2008년, 개발로 빠르게 사라져 가던 습지를 지키기 위해 한국과 일본의 시민사회가 함께 출범시킨 한‧일 습지 네트워크가 올해로 20주년을 맞았습니다. 그리고 그 20주년 워크숍이 올해 연천에서 열렸습니다. 연천은 이미 국제 자연보전 체계 안에서 … read more
블로그
제20차 연천 한‧일 습지 포럼 연천에서 열리다
글: 백승광 (새와 생명의 터 임진-한탄강 지역 대표) 2008년, 개발로 빠르게 사라져 가던 습지를 지키기 위해 한국과 일본의 시민사회가 함께 출범시킨 한‧일 습지 네트워크가 올해로 20주년을 맞았습니다. 그리고 그 20주년 워크숍이 올해 연천에서 열렸습니다. 연천은 이미 국제 자연보전 체계 안에서 … read more
Animal Welfare
SCIENTIFIC TASK FORCE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA AND WILD BIRDS STATEMENT – JULY 2023
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea In July, a statement on High Pathogenicity Avian Infuenza or HPAI (long called “Poultry Flu” by Birds Korea) was released by the Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds, co-convened under the Convention … read more
Education
Conservation and the Maehyang-ri Tidal Flat: Birdwatching and an interview (2)
Text and two images by Jane Hahn, September 2025 On August 23rd… I stood on the tidal flat at Maehyang-ri, squinting through a scope while the August heat shimmered off the mud. Our task was to count shorebirds. It meant … read more
Projects
A Short Update on Birds Korea’s Activities: 2025-2026
Birds Korea is a small, independent and specialized NGO that is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in Korea and the wider Yellow Sea Ecoregion. We conduct targeted research in order to develop plans and designs that … read more