(Introductory article written for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership as part of the 2022 Small Grant – written by Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea and IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group with translation of Korean version by Lee Su-Young, … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea Launched formally in 2004, Birds Korea is a small, legally-registered NGO with only about 300 members, and since last year, two branches (national in Busan, and local in Yeoncheon). Although fully independent, much of … read more
Some belated birdwatching tour highlights from Dr Nial Moores (with all images below digiscoped and copyright of Nial Moores and Birds Korea – as I have yet to receive any of the much better images from either group!). I first … read more
November 2022: remarkable internationally for the Ramsar Convention and “Climate Conference“ (and the soccer world cup…) and within the ROK for a series of events with input from Birds Koreans and / or those whose work has been featured on … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A fairly underwhelming week plus some in generally mild and unremarkable weather on Baengyeong Island, with a total of 146 or so species logged including one or two new island records: globally Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser … read more
Following substantial revision, we are delighted to be able (finally!) to share an up-to-date revised 2022 edition of the Birds Korea Checklist covering the Republic of Korea (ROK) for download in both English and Korean. The checklist (Moores & Ha … read more
Are you a member of Birds Korea? Would you like to try to see Red-crowned and White-naped Cranes? Hill Pigeon? The globally Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser or the super-secretive Hazel Grouse? Would you like to learn more about eBird directly from … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) and Marshall Iliff (eBird) Counts and all species lists are posted / will be posted on eBird. On 11th, an early start at Junam Reservoir found half-a-dozen Pheasant-tailed Jacana and a good spread … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 13th 2022 The Hwaseong Wetlands in Gyeonggi Province are one of the most important remaining waterbird habitats in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Research we conducted in 2020 and 2021 in the wetlands, funded … read more
Dr Nial Moores, August 10th 2022 The Republic of Korea (ROK) has no national rarities committee, and no transparent process to review major changes in status. Birds Korea has therefore maintained open-access bird checklists online in Korean and English since … read more