The Water Rail Rallus aquaticus has for several years been split into two full species by most authoritative checklists, including Gill & Donsker, on the basis of differences in plumage, structure, vocalisations and genetic studies. read more
Last winter Mr. Shim Heon-seop found a large flock of Asian Rosy Finch on Taebaek Mountain. He kindly shared information of his spectacular find and of the location, which is an area with wind-turbines and open agricultural fields at about 1200masl. read more
Highly Pathogenic A (H5N8) was first detected in poultry in the Republic of Korea (ROK) in early 2014 (Task Force 2014). This novel strain of H5N8 poultry flu is one that most likely evolved within ducks in a duck farm, here in the ROK (Ku et al. 2014).
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Bird News from Nial Moores with Jason Loghry Bird News from Nial Moores with Jason Loghry In heavy, dull and dark overcast with occasional spells of rain and misty drizzle – a prelude to the end of autumn and the … read more
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