Nial Moores, April 13th 2015 During a boat-based survey of the Nakdong Estuary on April 11th, our Birds Korea team (Robin Newlin, Ha Jung Mun, Jason Loghry, Seo Hae-Min and NM) could find only small numbers of shorebirds compared with … read more
Bernhard Seliger (with Johann and Joseph Seliger) During Easter holiday, we took a family trip with some casual birding to Gangneung and from there to Ulleung Island and Dokdo. The first two days in Gangneung (April 6th-7th) were rainy and … read more
Dr Nial Moores, April 7th 2015 Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri , December 21st 2014, Osaka, Japan © Neil Davidson Encouraged by discussions with some in the fledgling Baer’s Pochard Task Force, this second post follows on from the one last … read more
Birds Korea’s Fifth Birdathon will be held this year between Saturday, the 2nd of May and Sunday, the 10th of May. Timed to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (on May 9th-10th), we aim to raise funds towards publishing the Korean-language … read more
A notice received today from Simba Chan in BirdLife (April 8th): Volunteers needed to find remaining endangered Yellow-breasted Buntings in Mongolia Populations of Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola, are rapidly declining across their range and have recently been classified as endangered … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Jason Loghry, Matt Poll and Heloise Stankard After heavy overnight rain, a clear mild morning, though with strong northeasterly winds, before more heavy rain moved in again in the afternoon. Early on, the few remaining … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores After overnight rain, generally overcast, with the wind swinging from light south-westerly to moderate or strong north-easterly and very dark skies. In a few hours in the field, much evidence that spring migration is now … read more
Nial Moores with Team Thai On our last day together, we headed to a well-known area of forest near Seoul to see if we could find any Hazel Grouse, a widespread, stunningly-patterned but often hard-to-see species here. With excellent directions … read more
Nial Moores with Team Thai On 15th, a late afternoon visit under warm spring sunshine to the now highly-disturbed lagoon on the north side of Yeongjong with Team Thai (see: https://www.birdskoreablog.org/?p=14788) found disappointingly small numbers of duck (e.g. no Falcated … read more
Nial Moores with Team Thai A highly enjoyable week of late winter / early spring birding in mostly mild and bright weather, with the six members of “Team Thai” (Kamol Komolphalin, Patcharee Komolphalin, Jindarat Visetruangrote, Penchun Iamchum, Pornkasem Kantamara and … read more