Bird News from Nial Moores with Dr Bernhard Seliger and Dr Choi Hyun-Ah of the Hanns Seidel Foundation Birding highlights of this Birds Korea-Hanns Seidel Foundation marine bird survey of the Korean inner border/ Daejin-Geojin coast included seven (!) species … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Mike Friel, Huang Yu Li (Rock), Loretta Kao and Gary Yang. Multiple birding highlights among ~130 species seen included a vagrant Great Bustard, 400,000+ Baikal Teal, single Greater Spotted and Steller’s Sea Eagles, a … read more
Bird Research News from Nial Moores, with Dr Bernhard Seliger and Dr Choi Hyun-Ah (on 12th only) Highlights included single Least Auklet and Long-tailed Duck, two Yellow-billed Loon, high numbers of Ancient Murrelet (6,500 counted) and Rhinoceros Auklet (550), four … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Dr Paul Prevett, Candy McManiman and Mike Friel Major highlights of the second part of this Anatidae and crane-focussed visit included close encounters with Oriental Stork and Red-crowned Crane, and decent views of Swan … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Dr Paul Prevett, Candy McManiman and Mike Friel Scaly-sided Mergansers, great views of Taiga and Tundra Bean Geese, Relict Gull and White-naped Cranes were among the highlights of this Anatidae-focused visit to the North … read more
Bird Research News from Nial Moores and Bernhard Seliger Surf Scoter, Relict Gull, almost 2,000 Long-tailed Duck, several Steller’s Sea Eagle, Ural Owl and probable Water Pipit were some of the outstanding highlights out of 102-103 species recorded during this … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Choi Hyunah Bird survey was again conducted between Daejin and Geojin as part of research on biodiversity conservation close to the inner border region of Goseong County from November 17th to 19th. Dawn in … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores On the 13th, in heavy overcast with dense fog through the morning, 76 species were logged in eastern and central Baekryeong. The day started (and ended) back at the small reed-bed in Jincheon where I … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores On November 10th, a (brief) return trip to Baekryeong to survey the tail-end of autumn migration and to improve understanding of the impacts of the road through Hwadong wetland. The day started with good views … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Some excellent numbers and great diversity; but always a challenge to get good views of the more notable species and accurate counts of the movements! On 21st, a total of 73 species were logged, with … read more