Bird News from Nial Moores Following the successful Hwaseong symposium, most of two days were spent counting shorebirds as part of World Shorebirds Day. On the 7th, together with Ha Jungmoon (Birds Korean), Hebo Peng (Team Piersma) and Wan-Chih Yin … read more
“The Great Flight of Shorebirds”: A Celebration and Call to Action for Hwaseong‘s Tidal Flats Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, World Shorebirds Day 2018 A group of young schoolchildren, none much taller than a curlew, came fluttering onto the stage … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 22, 2018 Back in early July, spent a long but highly enjoyable day in Seoul, meeting with colleagues (old and new, including the wonderful folks at Lush Korea!). The day included a 30-minute meeting … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea On August 14th spent an interesting afternoon in Suncheon – my second home back in the late 1990s – participating in a public workshop focused on possible ROK-DPRK link-ups for the conservation of migratory waterbirds: … read more
Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 9th 2018 In addition to the sometimes fascinating birding, one of the reasons for setting up the Birds Korea office in Busan was the mildness of the climate. Squeezed into the very southeastern corner of … read more
According to the Yonhap News (June 28th 2018): “Three major rivers in South Korea have shown marked improvement in water quality and ecosystems after the opening of some weirs built across the rivers under a controversial project (the Four Rivers … read more
Funded by the wonderfully-ethical company Lush, this survey was conducted as part of a larger project we are now starting on Baekryeong Island with several partners, including (of course!) the Hanns Seidel Foundation. In often poor weather conditions (with days … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger, Amael Borzee and staff from Rason City This was the sixth bird survey in Rason (with previous surveys by NM and BS in March 2014; July 2016; November 2016; and April 2017; and … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores with Bernhard Seliger (HSF representative and Birds Korea member), accompanied by three researchers from the State Academy of Sciences (SAOS) and several staff from the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection. After a major meeting … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger and Choi Hyun-Ah (from late on 25th) In generally clear and sunny conditions, with winds swinging round to all points west on the 27th, we logged approximately 140 species, with rarest in the … read more