Nial Moores, Birds Korea, May 12th 2022 On April 24th 2022, a deepening low pressure system started to move rapidly eastward across southern China into the Yellow Sea. Ahead of this storm, at midday on the 25th, Ms Pack Won-Hee … read more
On May 9th, a press briefing was held at the national office of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements (KFEM) in Seoul. The briefing introduced research being conducted under the umbrella of KFEM on the biodiversity and culture of Gadeok … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Rain and strong southerlies are the ideal conditions for falls of Japanese-bound migrants in Busan. This spring has remained stubbornly dry locally, however, with abundant sunshine and winds often tending to the east. My personal … read more
Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang, Lee Su-Young, Jang Ryang, Lee Su-Jin and Kim Hi-Song. The following are a few highlights and insights from research conducted by Birds Korea under contract from Yeoncheon County in the internationally important Core and Buffer Zones … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 2nd 2022 Funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea office), “Team Hosa” (comprised of Dr Bernhard Seliger, Ms Lee Su-Young, Mr Baek-Seung-Kwang and myself) surveyed several major rivers and their tributaries largely in the … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger, Baek Seung-Kwang, Lee Su-Young and Jang Ryang (with a team from the EAAFP Secretariat on 11th). Funded variously on different dates by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and Yeoncheon County, detailed data from this … read more
Dear Birds Koreans and Birds Korea Supporters, With best wishes for the Lunar New Year… Between February 9th and 20th 2022 in our role as the only active ROK member of the EAAFP’s single species Task Force, Birds Korea will … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A modest 106 or so species were logged in five part-days in the field in the south-east of the Peninsula during what already feels like the tail end of an extremely short and dry winter. … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea. January 14th 2022 Another year of COVID-19 meant almost no birdwatching meetings or formal events could be organised in 2021; and as the workload continued to grow throughout the year there really was also … read more
A few days back at the Hwaseong Wetlands Flyway Network Site (FNS), conducting a Training Workshop focused on the identification, counting and ecological requirements of geese, swans and ducks and also some survey work. Because of restrictions imposed by the … read more