Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea, May 17th 2023 Habitat degradation and loss is the most serious threat to biodiversity on Baengnyeong Island, as it is in most of the nation. However, there are additional issues that also reveal how … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Five visits to (and eBird Checklists from) this hilly wooded park in eastern Busan, on 6th, 12th, 14th, 18th and 19th of April. Much less well-positioned to receive migrants than Taejongdae to the south, this … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, April 2nd 2023. The Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini 뿔제비갈매기 is a strikingly pale and rather slender seabird, a little smaller than a Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris, with a long, orange-yellow black-tipped dagger … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang and Lee Su-Young Research and discussion continues in support of the internationally important Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve and Yeoncheon County. Birds Korea’s focus, much as last year, remains on improving understanding of … read more
Text and images by Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea, March 21st 2023 The Seomjin River flows south and southeastward, draining a largely forested catchment that includes the western slopes of Jirisan National Park. Research presented at a small workshop … read more
(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