Nial Moores, Birds Korea, November 2024 Following very strong northwesterly winds in late October 2024 no fewer than 5-10 presumed hybrid Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis 검은턱오목눈이 x Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 오목눈이were observed on Baengnyeong Island, Incheon (Republic of Korea). … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Kim Eojin (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT4L9YtF2G0) and Park Cheong Un (October 24) and Subhojit Chakladar (October 26-27). All images below © Nial Moores Two weeks on Baengnyeong Island, with a typical autumn total of only 148 … read more
Circling Cinereous Vultures and White-naped Cranes over the inner border, skeins of geese heading south, Hill Pigeons, flocks of buntings (but still very few finches), and an internationally important count of 52 Scaly-sided Merganser…combined with a wonderfully positive education program … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea. We are happy to share that the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) formally designated the Yeoncheon Imjin River as Flyway Network Site “EAAF156” on October 11th this year. As stated by the EAAFP … read more
Translation below by Dr Kim Nahee: 대한민국 새만금신공항 건설 계획 및 그로 인해 철새 종과 습지에 미치는 영향에 대한 버드라이프의 입장 버드라이프 인터내셔널(BirdLife International)은 119개국 123개 보존활동 기관의 협력단체입니다. 버드라이프는 2021년 1단계 세계유산 등재를 포함하여 ‘Getbol, Korean Tidal Flat’이란 유네스코 … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 26th 2024 (with additional information and images, September 1st) The simplified 2024 Birds Korea Checklist includes Hartert’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni for the first time. The species is included in a Review Category (i.e., … read more
Dr. Nial Moores & Dr Ha Jungmoon, August 17th 2024 (with one revision made on August 27th). Below, as a pdf download and as an extended blog post, follows a simplified version of the English-language 2024 Birds Korea Checklist, which … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea. (Below is a modestly extended English-language version of an article on the proposed Busan New Airport on Gadeok Do which was translated by Park Meena, Birds Korea National Coordinator, for publication in Korean … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director Birds Korea / 새와생명의터, Busan, March 2nd 2024. Posted online in August 2024. Executive Summary This report expands on a condensed summary of counts of birds undertaking migration across the proposed runway area on Gadeok Do, … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea Bird and wetland conservation needs good data; resolve and honesty; and the development of plans and designs that can help many people to benefit over the long-term rather than merely profit a very … read more