Nial Moores, March 7th 2015 As we know, Korea is a great place for birding and for helping push the frontiers of knowledge on ecology, conservation and identification. There are many obviously exciting species here (from cranes to shorebirds, East … read more
Birds Korea, March 2015 Would just like to take this opportunity publicly to thank Mr Patrick Blake for his much-appreciated contributions and donations to Birds Korea, and to wish him the best for his travels and future bird conservation work … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Robert Orenstein (and Bernhard Seliger on the 27th) We enjoyed a very successful (high-speed!) visit to several top sites (Nakdong Estuary and Junam on the 24th; Southeast River, Geum Estuary and Seosan on the … read more
A quick note to share that the excellent Birding Beijing website recently posted a wonderfully positive introduction to Birds Korea’s Status of Birds, 2014, calling the report a “standard-bearer for conservation organisations in the region”. If you have not downloaded … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Two interesting afternoons were spent checking inshore waters off eastern Busan, from Cheongsapo to Taejongdae, with several birding highlights including a Brown Booby and more than 500 Rhinoceros Auklet counted. On 16th, overnight rain continued … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, February 17th 2015 Once common, now globally Endangered: Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola, May 2014© Nial Moores An important paper by Ding Li Yong et al. (2015), officially published next month, provides a very useful overview … read more
First-winter Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus, Busan, February 16th 2015 © Nial Moores For those who are really into the wonderful world of gulls and gull identification, the following paper in Birding on Slaty-backed Gulls might be of some interest: … read more
Bird News from Bernhard Seliger and Thomas Findeis After participating in the UNESCAP-Environmental Research Foundation DMZ habitat survey,Thomas Findeis, a noted expert on the former inner-German border (the so-called Green Belt, the largest European biotope network with more than 1300 … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, February 13th 2015. Any meaningful discussion on tidal-flat conservation in the Republic of Korea (and elsewhere) needs to be based on best information. At the very least, this best information needs to include the area … read more
Birds News from Nial Moores On land, today was a day of “spring greens” in continuing mild conditions (though with a steadily increasing and chilly westerly wind), with excellent views of feeding Grey-capped Greenfinch and Grey-headed Woodpecker and a briefer … read more