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
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