Bird News from Nial Moores and Park Meena With funding support from our wonderful colleagues SBS in China, we surveyed five areas on the west coast of the Republic of Korea (ROK): (1) Hwaseong / Namyang during the afternoon high … read more
(The following is a Press Release from the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership based in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Birds Korea had no role in the preparation of this Press release.) Press Release, released publicly by the EAAFP Secretariat on April … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Three visits to Igidae in east Busan in search of early spring migrants in weather that changed from sunny and warm (max. 19C) on 2nd; to heavy overcast with rain showers and cooler (max 13C) … read more
Following some helpful feedback and additional editing (thanks Mr Ha Jung Moon!) , the Birds Korea Checklist 2018 has been re-posted, and again is available for download, in English: And in Korean: The Birds Korea Checklist (2018) covers … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 23rd 2018 According to Yonhap news (March 22nd), “The UNESCO World Heritage Center has turned down South Korea’s application for its tidal wetlands to be listed as a World Heritage site, the Cultural Heritage … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Following the rain and snow of the 21st, a sudden progression into spring. In the estuary, few ducks, swans or gulls remain (best being seven Saunders’s Gull) – instead at least 60 Far Eastern Curlew … read more
Thanks to the generosity of the Oriental Bird Club, and the tireless hard work of all those who produce their publications, another marvellously-produced, full colour edition of BirdingASIA, Number 28, arrived at Birds Korea today. Included is a short … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea The Lush Summit? A high-end cosmetics company holding some kind of global meeting for environmental and social activisits in the UK? Initially sceptical, in many ways this was perhaps the most surprising and stimulating … read more
The Little Owl Athene noctua plumipes is a scarce species in the southern provinces of Korea. However, the species appears to be rather more widespread in the northern provinces, especially in the west, with recent records from e.g. central Pyongyang … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Peter Humphrey (“The Dagestan Man”). Five days of high-quality birding together with Peter Humphrey (a specialist in the birds and culture of Dagestan) in weather that ranged from typically cool, with a high of … read more