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
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
Birds Koreans already likely know that we are working on an SER-Microsoft supported collaborative restoration project, which is being developed through our MOU with the Busan Nakdong River Project Management Office. Among the many component parts of this project is … read more
Work continues on planning for restoration of Eastern Taiga Bean Goose 큰부리큰기러기 habitat in Maekdo Eco-park, Busan City. This is an SER-Microsoft supported collaborative project being developed through our MOU with the Busan Nakdong River Project Management Office. With sincere … 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
In 2025, Birds Korea and Birds Korea Yeoncheon have continued to conduct research on biodiversity (and especially on birds) for Yeoncheon County – helping to identify conservation priorities and ecotourism possibilities within the Biosphere Reserve, including identifying areas which should … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director of Birds Korea Birdwatching and birding are growing rapidly in popularity here in the ROK, with now thousands of people enjoying birds every month. There are likely to be several reasons for this, beyond the … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Kim Eojin and Kim Haemin. Almost 90 hours of visible migration counts over 16 dates in Daehang, Gadeokdo, Busan, this September resulted in 12,837 -17,117 individual birds counted, with the five most numerous species Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza … 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
글: 한제인 2025년 8월 23일, 나는 경기도 화성의 끝자락에 있는 매향리 갯벌에 서서 땡볕에 아지랑이가 이는 진흙 위로 망원경을 들여다보고 있었다. 그날 우리의 주된 임무는 철새의 개체 수를 세는 일이었다. 태양 아래 한곳에 멈춰 선 채 긴 시간이 흘러갔고, 나는 … read more