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
Bird news from Nial Moores A return to Goseong County to continue conducting counts of seabirds as part of a joint project with the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSF) to research biodiversity in the inner border region of Korea. On … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Jason Loghry, Ha Jeung Mun and Seo Hae-Min. Extraordinary weather conditions, with a maximum temperature of probably 16 or 17C; almost no wind at all; good to excellent visibility and a sea that became progressively … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Three wet (!) days counting birds in and around Daejin/ Goseong as part of research with the Hanns Seidel Foundation in very unseasonal weather (mild, with high of 10-12C and heavy rain through much of … read more
Nial Moores and Jason Loghry In heavy overcast with occasional rain and northerly winds (mostly moderate, occasionally strong) a quick stop on the river at Pohang and another day spent on the peninsula, in the hope of determining whether the … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry With a storm up in Hokkaido/ The Okshotsk and the promise of northeasterly winds (4-5m/s+ throughout the day) and some drop in temperature (with a minimum of about 14C and a high … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea Song Do Tidal-flat, late 2014 (including much of the “Ramsar site”): it used all to be internationally important for waterbirds. Two recent online articles capture some of the challenges that Birds Korea is trying … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry In glorious sunshine and autumn-cool, with a dawn minimum of 12C and a high of about 22C, we spent a day birding three of the top mainland sites in the southeast: Junam … read more
The international Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force is still keen to receive all records of Spoon-billed Sandpiper in the ROK in order to help refine understanding of this Critically Endangered species’ population trend and movements. In return they can help with … read more