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
글: 드와잍 서울 캠퍼스 학생 & 작가. 안지수 Discovering Keystone Species (ISBN 9791112046659) 2025년 8월 23일 나는 서울에서 남서쪽 80km에 위치한 경기도 화성시 매향리로 향했다. 니얼 무어스 박사님과 팀원은 주말동안 블루카본프로젝트 조사를 하고 있었다. 이 조사는 습지에 설치된 인공구조물이 바다철새의 … read more
On September 11th, 2025, from 14:00-16:30, a seminar on the project to restore habitat for the Eastern Taiga Bean Goose Anser (fabalis) middendorffii will be held in the Nakdong Estuary Eco Centre. This is the second of several proposed seminars … read more
English-language version of a guest post by Jisoo An, the author of Discovering Keystone Species (ISBN 9791112046659) and a student at Dwight School, Seoul. On August 23, I traveled to Maehyang-ri, a coastal area about 80 kilometers southwest of Seoul, … read more
Dear Members, Supporters and Blog Visitors, As members know, Birds Korea (새와 생명의 터) is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats. We conduct research to develop plans and designs that can help to improve conservation opportunities for … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, with Hong Sung Min, Kim Dong Gyu, Kim Eojin, Andy Lee and many others! For me personally, a really interesting start to autumn seawatching, with a three-hour boat trip out from the Gurypongpo Peninsula near … read more
A guest post by Dr. Kim Sukyung, head of reintroduction research team, Yesan Oriental Stork Park Since the globally Endangered Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 황새 was lost to South Korea as a breeding species in 1971, the Korea National University … read more