Birds News from Nial Moores with Andy Deighton, Ian Merrill, Simon Colenutt and Trevor Codlin from the UK. To help fund our conservation work, five days were spent guiding four visiting world-birders from the UK en route to Taiwan. This … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, January 24th 2020 It was a really ambitious program: a week-long visit from the UK by Trevor Rose of Rose Design Services Ltd. to the Republic of Korea (ROK), to share his expertise on amphibian … 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
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, December 22nd 2019 Our members and readers of this blog will likely already be familiar with the conservation importance of the DMZ and adjacent Civilian Control Zone (CCZ); and also Birds Korea’s position on some … 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
Birds Korea, November 2019 Since 2013, Birds Korea research has recorded 350 species of bird on Baekryeong Island, with presumed national high day counts of several species, including of 8,000 globally Vulnerable Rustic Bunting in October 2018 and 240 globally … 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