Below is a letter sent on November 4th to USA President Donald Trump by the Border Peace School in Cheorwon, on the southern side of the inner border of Korea, to mark the President’s visit to the Republic of Korea. … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) with Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea), and researchers from the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection and the State Academy of Sciences, DPRK. As part of Hanns Seidel Foundation funded and Ramsar … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea Between June 2015 and March 2017, we conducted seabird counts in the divided Goseong County, Gangwon Province. The report on this research by Nial Moores (Birds Korea), Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea) and Bernhard … read more
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