On February 21st 2025, Science published the following letter. “Sura, a tidal flat in the Mangyeong estuary in South Korea, has survived one of the world’s largest coastal reclamation projects. Now, a proposed airport threatens this critical refuge (1). The … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Lee Su-Young (on 7th) and Baek Seung-Kwang (on 9th-11th). All images copyright of Nial Moores / Birds Korea. In subzero temperatures, continuation of research funded by Yeoncheon County, with the mission this year of … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea, January 28th 2025 Media reports identify the bird species involved in the deadly Muan air-crash in the southwest of the Republic of Korea on December 29th 2024 as Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 가창오리, … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea, January 25th 2025. Shrikes can be among the easiest species to identify (adult males in breeding plumage, for example), or can be among the most difficult, due to a combination of seasonally different … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea, January 2025. In response to the tragic crash and loss of 179 lives at the Muan International Airport on December 29th 2024, relevant authorities in the Republic of Korea (ROK) have stated publicly … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea, December 30th 2024 Muan International Airport, centred at 34.991°, 126.383, is located next to the coast in southwestern Republic of Korea. Following the tragic air crash on December 29th, and some suggestion that … read more
A late autumn visit to Baengnyeong Island ahead of a major shift in weather produced a total of 105 bird species and three mammals: Spotted Seal, Siberian Weasel and multiple Finless Porpoise in waters between Daecheong and Baengnyeong islands. Two … read more
Nial Moores, Birds Korea, November 2024 Following very strong northwesterly winds in late October 2024 no fewer than 5-10 presumed hybrid Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis 검은턱오목눈이 x Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 오목눈이were observed on Baengnyeong Island, Incheon (Republic of Korea). … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Kim Eojin (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT4L9YtF2G0) and Park Cheong Un (October 24) and Subhojit Chakladar (October 26-27). All images below © Nial Moores Two weeks on Baengnyeong Island, with a typical autumn total of only 148 … read more
Circling Cinereous Vultures and White-naped Cranes over the inner border, skeins of geese heading south, Hill Pigeons, flocks of buntings (but still very few finches), and an internationally important count of 52 Scaly-sided Merganser…combined with a wonderfully positive education program … read more