Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 3rd 2016 Following on from a very successful early-spring survey in March 2014 of the internationally important wetlands in Rason on the Korean side of the Tumen Floodplain, arrangements were made with what were … read more
Almost 90% of Korea’s birds are migratory. As they have done for millennia, many birds come here from the south; and many more will migrate further north, crossing the DMZ and the Baekdu Massif into China and Russia for the … read more
Selected Bird News from Nial Moores with William (Billy) Clarke During a week of unusually mixed weather (including extremely mild weather in Busan with either sun, rain or fog; and fog, snow and subzero conditions on the west coast for … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Dan van den Broek and Scott Lukens An enjoyable and highlight-rich three days of winter birding were spent in the excellent company of Dan van den Broek and Scott Lukens from Audubon in Portland, … read more
This was the first trial visit to Korea by Zoothera Birding Tours, led by Nick Upton and Nial Moores with Peter Nickless and Graham Jones. In all, in spite of some exceptionally cold weather (with the most extreme temperature a … read more
Selected Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry As part of research into biodiversity conservation in the inner border region of Korea with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea), we surveyed marine preferential bird species (“marine birds”) along parts of … read more
Bird News / Highlights from Shim Kyu-Sik Outstanding highlights at Hwaseong on December 26th were single Steppe Eagle 초원수리 (perhaps scarcely annual in the ROK, and now classified globally as Endangered) and Horned Lark 해변종다리 (<10 national records). Steppe Eagle Aquila … read more
Selected Bird News from Nial Moores with Bernhard Seliger, Choi Hyun-Ah, Robin Newlin, Marco Della Seta and Subhojit Chakladar. December bird counts were made by NM along the coast between Daejin and Geojin as part of ongoing joint research in … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry In largely mild (5C- 10C) and overcast conditions with light to moderate southwesterly winds, clearing to sunny and almost calm conditions in the later afternoon, another fascinating day was spent at Guryongpo … read more
Nial Moores, November 16th 2015. On November 15th, I birded Guryongpo with Jason Loghry, Ha Jeong Mun and Seo Hae-Min. Driving through Gyeongju, from the moving car we saw a flock of perhaps 40 Little Egret Egretta garzetta leaving their … read more