Text and all images by (and copyright of) Nial Moores, Birds Korea A little under a week of late winter / early spring bird survey, conducted in generally cold and often very windy conditions as part of an intended increase … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea / 새와생명의터, IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group This is a short introduction to a tremendously valuable online resource developed by Andreas Kim, the former web-spinner of Birds Korea’s now archived websites and independent … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea In 2014, Birds Korea published Status of Birds in which we pioneered an approach to identifying bird conservation priorities in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Combining historical and recent scientific literature and research, we … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores with Calidris Birding led by Nick Upton. Some of the checklists can be found on eBird. A short recap of some of the birding highlights enjoyed in generally very mild conditions following on from a … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Ashley and Ashton Hopkins, and Cho Sehui (on 27th only) Three excellent days in mild and sunny weather, with a great mix of species seen. On 27th, a quick stop in the Guryongpo Harbour … read more
Bird News from Dr Nial Moores, with Dr Bernhard Seliger & Ms Baek Minjae, Dr Jungmoon Ha and Mr Kim Eojin (새덕후) With essential funding support from the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea office), a return visit to the inner border … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea. November 26th 2023. All across our increasingly degraded planet, biodiversity conservation remains challenging work. Progress really can take years. For any species, you need to conduct good research; you need to identify threats and solutions … read more
On November 21st, Korea’s first international symposium on the globally Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser 호사비오리 was held in Yeoncheon County. Organised by Yeoncheon County and Birds Korea, the symposium opened with an address by County Mayor Kim Deog Hyun and a … read more
By SFS student Leyna Biggs, with translation support from Yun Jeong (YJ) Choi “On September 7th, I participated in the Seoul Foreign School Science Group 4 Project, to learn more about Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve from Dr. Nial Moores … read more
Bird News from Dr Nial Moores with Dr Mark Harris, Birds Korean Jung Hancheul (on 27th), multiple Birds Koreans (on 28th) and Birds Korea Yeoncheon Director Baek Seung-Kwang (on 29th). Three days looking through some spectacular concentrations of birds, with … read more