Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, June 17th In late May, one of the nation’s most-watched reality TV shows featured an episode with a family visiting an owl café in Japan. The beloved young girl, her father and grandfather were given … read more
The Jiangsu coastline is the most important staging site in the world for the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper and the Endangered Nordmann’s Greenshank. This year, researchers will gather more detailed information on shorebird distribution along this coastline and conduct research … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores In initially misty and humid conditions, a few hours in a different area to that usually visited produced an unexpected highlight: good views of Pacific Swift feeding and then resting on rock faces as they … read more
Nial Moores, June 10th 2015 In consideration of the paucity of information on birds in the northern provinces of the Korean Peninsula, the following three reports help confirm seasonal presence / breeding of several species: 1. KCNA News Report, June … read more
Nial Moores, June 4th 2015 Last year I was contacted by one of the UK’s top environmental writers, Mr. Michael McCarthy. He was planning to visit the ROK to see Saemangeum, as part of a book looking at the loss … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A few hours in the local park in Busan on May 30th and June 3rd produced a good mix of resident species, summer visitors and passage migrants. In addition to distant looks at two Pacific … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, June 1st 2015 The Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP12) is being held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, between June 1st and 9th. A … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, May 29th : with further edits on June 2nd 2015 “Barking Cuckoo” Cuculus sp. Baekryeong Island, May 28, 2014 © Nial Moores. Note the brown forehead; the strong flank barring; and the greatly reduced barring … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, May 28th 2015 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus cristatus. Baekryeong Island, May 15 2015 © Nial Moores Korea is probably the best place in the world to enjoy the full variation shown by Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus, especially … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, May 26th 2015 The Common Swift Apus apus is widely-considered to be the world’s most aerial bird species. Unlike the more familiar Barn Swallow (and presumably also unlike the generally less familiar but still highly aerobatic Pacific … read more