Bird News from Nial Moores Highlights of a few hours in a local park in warm and misty weather included 1,260 loafing and feeding Streaked Shearwater counted in a single scan with single Short-tailed Shearwater, Red-throated Loon, Slaty-backed Gull and … read more
Episode two of the four part series on the shorebirds of the Flyway has now aired on BBC World radio and on Australia’s ABC. In the ABC broadcast, the Saemangeum seawall is described as the boa constrictor that strangled the … read more
The first of four fascinating radio programs looking at shorebird conservation on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway is now available for listening and download here. Program One is set in Australia and has interviews with a range of experts many of … read more
In May 2016, Emu (journal of Austral Ornithology) published a special volume with the heading “The East Asian–Australasian Flyway: Population Trends, Threats and the Future”. The volume (Volume 116 Number 2 2016) included one paper from Korea entitled, “Reclamation of … read more
Between May 23rd and 28th I conducted a third round of shorebird counts as part of a regional project on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper led by the wonderful SBS in China, funded by the National Geographic Air and Water … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Sue Davis Three days of end-of-spring birding in hazy but summer-like weather included a trip out to Eocheong Island (afternoon of the 29th and morning of 30th, with some excellent sea-birding from the ferry); … read more
Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea) & Birds Korea Marine bird Survey: Goseong County, Gangwon Province, April 20th-21st and May 11th-12th 2016 Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, May 13th/May 24th, 2016 Marine bird survey was conducted as part of research on … read more
Bird News from Dr Nial Moores (Birds Korea) with Dr Bernhard Seliger and Felix Glenk (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea), Professor Lu Cai (Beijing Forestry University), Li Jia (IUCN, Bangkok office) and MOLEP. After arriving on May 16th, we presented at … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Between May 6th and 9th I conducted a second round of shorebird counts as part of a regional project on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper led by the wonderful SBS in China, funded by the … read more
Between May 7th and 9th, for Birds Korea I conducted the second of three counts to be made this spring at the internationally important Geum Estuary for a regional project led by the wonderful SBS in China on “The ecology … read more