Bird News from Dr Nial Moores with Dr Shim Kyu-Sik (May 5th and 6th) and John Kitcher (one hour on 8th, all of 9th-11th, and morning of the 12th). Thanks to a couple of interesting weather systems (coinciding with access … read more
Bird News by Nial Moores and Charlie Moores A full week of dawn to dusk birding sandwiched between two half-days on Baengnyeong yielded a total of c. 174 species, with an obvious progression through the week from tardy winterers to … read more
Bird News from Dr Nial Moores with Ms. Lee Su-Young, PhD candidate/ Birds Korea Intern Park Shinyeong and Yeoncheon Birds Korea Director Baek Seung-Kwang (also with Dr Mimi Kessler and Prof. Matt Toomey on 2nd). All images copyright of Birds … read more
As you know, for twenty (long!) years Birds Korea has been working for the conservation of birds and their habitats in Korea and the wider Yellow Sea Eco-region. We do this work because birds are wonderfully important in themselves, and … read more
Text and all images by (and copyright of) Nial Moores, Birds Korea A little under a week of late winter / early spring bird survey, conducted in generally cold and often very windy conditions as part of an intended increase … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea / 새와생명의터, IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group This is a short introduction to a tremendously valuable online resource developed by Andreas Kim, the former web-spinner of Birds Korea’s now archived websites and independent … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea In 2014, Birds Korea published Status of Birds in which we pioneered an approach to identifying bird conservation priorities in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Combining historical and recent scientific literature and research, we … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores with Calidris Birding led by Nick Upton. Some of the checklists can be found on eBird. A short recap of some of the birding highlights enjoyed in generally very mild conditions following on from a … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Ashley and Ashton Hopkins, and Cho Sehui (on 27th only) Three excellent days in mild and sunny weather, with a great mix of species seen. On 27th, a quick stop in the Guryongpo Harbour … read more
Bird News from Dr Nial Moores, with Dr Bernhard Seliger & Ms Baek Minjae, Dr Jungmoon Ha and Mr Kim Eojin (새덕후) With essential funding support from the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea office), a return visit to the inner border … read more