Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, November 29th 2014 Earlier this month I was kindly invited by faculty to give a presentation to University of Utah students at the Utah Asia Campus in Song Do, Incheon. The aim was to help … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores In still-mild and autumnal conditions (with a day of sunshine, light winds and a low of 9C rising to 17C or 18C in the afternoon) another day was spent walking the trails in Igidae. As … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Three hours were spent in the local park on the 11th (covering c. 5km of trails) followed by ten hours there on the 17th, covering c. 9km of up-and-down trails. Weather on both dates was … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores I made a return visit to Ulleung Island to continue assessing migration strategies and to try to improve understanding of Ulleung’s “Big Three”: the Ulleung-endemic takahashii subspecies of White-backed Woodpecker; the globally Near Threatened Black … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores This was a short research trip to the heavily-forested, mountainous and isolated Ulleung Island, aiming to improve understanding of migration strategies, both across the East Sea and also across-island. Unfortunately only 2.5 days could be … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, October 19th 2014 This month, governments and experts on biodiversity from many of the world’s nations gathered in Pyeongchang in Gangwon Province. There, an olympic ski resort with its manicured lawns, hotels and casino, was … read more
A “marathon” 3-day weekend saw multiple Birds Korea objectives met and provided opportunities for information-sharing and survey work focused on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper and other threatened waterbirds. read more
대한민국의 조류 개체군 추세와 보전에 관한 특별보고서.
A Special Report on Bird Population Trends and Conservation Status in the Republic of Korea.
read moreNext month, the Republic of Korea will host the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Gangwon Province.
As part of preparation for this conference, and with the generous support of K-Water, Birds Korea will conduct an education program in the Nakdong Estuary on Saturday 27th September.
read moreAs part of Birds Korea role as Spoon-billed Sandpiper NGO Task Force member, survey of the Nakdong Estuary will be conducted by Birds Koreans in late September, and in the Geum Estuary (as tentatively proposed) on Sunday 28th September. Please … read more