Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea Since 2005 (and earlier) Birds Koreans have been generating and sharing information on the seabirds of southern Goseong County, Gangwon Province. Starting with counts from land, we launched the first seabird-at-sea boat trips in 2008; … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, with Luca Ferretti (18-20) An extraordinary few days with exceptionally high counts of some species and several frustratingly camera-shy major highlights including 1-2 presumed Two-barred Crossbill on 20th; a Spotted Nutcracker on 21st; and an … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores More deskwork interrupted time on Baekryeong, with a half-day in the west and northwest on the 14th; eight hours in Jincheon on the 15th; and a full day in the field on the 16th, divided … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Following an afternoon ferry journey on the 10th (which produced c. 180 Streaked and three Flesh-footed Shearwaters and a single Parasitic Jaeger), I have had the chance to spend a few desk work-interrupted days in … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, September 18th 2017 Workshop attendees © Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea) Even as the world shudders from one awful news item after another about missile launches and nuclear tests and retaliatory threats of fire … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Bernhard Seliger A quick visit to Baekryeong Island in very humid and warm conditions to survey birds and habitats; to identify a few of the major environmental challenges; and to discuss possible conservation solutions … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 20th 2017 On May 20th 2017, NM and three visiting bird conservationists from Belgium (Joost Mertens, Marc Van Mierlo and Miguel Demeulemeester) were searching for migrants in an extensive area of bushy, dried-out reedy … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry with Gary Bletsch A mid-summer nine-day foray to several of the nation’s top birding sites in weather that ranged from torrential jangma rain to extremely hot and humid (reaching 37C, though reading … read more
Bird Research News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry Between June 19th and 25th, during just one week of rapid counting (with an especial focus on looking for over-summering Spoon-billed Sandpiper), we found a total of 28 shorebird species and … read more
Belated Bird News from Nial Moores with the “Belgian Bird Conservationists” (Miguel Demeulemeester, Marc Van Mierlo and Joost Mertens). Approximately 220 species were logged in total by the “BBC”, with highlights including Oriental Stork, von Schrenck’s Bittern, Ruddy-breasted Crake and … read more