Organised by Calidris, with Lee Collins flying in from the UK and Machiel Valkenburg flying in from Kazakhstan (where he is CEO of Rubythroat Birding Tours), ten of us visited a range of top birding sites around the country, including … read more

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

Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea On January 29th, a 90-minute public seminar was organised by National Assembly Member Song Ok-Ju and her esteemed colleagues from the National Assembly and Hwaseong City Assembly. Held in the Hyangnam-Eup Office, Hwaseong … read more

Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea, January 25th 2025. Shrikes can be among the easiest species to identify (adult males in breeding plumage, for example), or can be among the most difficult, due to a combination of seasonally different … read more

Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea, January 2025. In response to the tragic crash and loss of 179 lives at the Muan International Airport on December 29th 2024, relevant authorities in the Republic of Korea (ROK) have stated publicly … read more

글: 김혜민(새와 생명의 터 회원)  9월의 어느 날 새와 생명의 터 나일 무어스 박사님과 새덕후 김어진님이 가덕도를 지나는 가을철 이동 맹금류 조사를 한다는 소식을 듣고 무작정 달려갔다. 매년 9월 중순을 전후로 한국, 만주 등 북쪽 지방에서 번식을 하고 여름을 난 … read more

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

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

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