Mark Barter at the Shortlands Wetlands Centre in Australia (2007), with “Nicky” Yang Hong-Yan (foreground) – now a lead researcher in the Bohai Bay (See the Blueprint, pp. 118-121). Copyright Nial Moores/Birds Korea It is with much sadness that … read more
Bird News from Bruce and Janet Eder with Nial Moores November 18, Geum River and Seosan Lake A The forecast heavy rain was replaced by occasional sunny spells and extremely mild, even warm, conditions (with a maximum of c. 21C). … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten with Shim Kyu-Sik Notably on the crossing, 17 Pomarine Skua (including a “flock” of 8), up to 70 Streaked Shearwater, 500+ Black-legged Kittiwake (mostly concentrated in rafts near the island), and 5 Flesh-footed Shearwater. On … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten with Lee Ye-Da, Lee Eun-Ju & Lee Hyun-Sook Although birding was secondary, it didn’t take much to notice several Chinese Egret, Whimbrels and a Eurasian Curlew at Sonjae-do: fortunately there also remains fairly extensive mudflat … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten Most encouraging of 34 species in an afternoon at Yongyu bay, a gathering of between 1300 -1500 Barn Swallows ranked along the telegraph wires, (with 900+ counted perched and a large number simultaneously in the … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten Infilling and reclamation continues at the final mudflat. Black-faced Spoonbills were busily trawling its remaining water channels to feed their begging young at the nearby nesting island, where I counted 17 adults and 23 juveniles. An … read more
Bird News form Barry Heinrich I got my new toy today, an 80-400mm lens, and seeing as the rain had stopped, I took the opportunity to walk down to the coast along Nam Cheon to try it out. The first … read more
Bird News from Jens Thalund I arrived in Korea late afternoon on 16 May, so didn’t manage to catch the boat to Socheong-do. 17 May Arrived on Socheong-do around mid day, after dozing through most of the ferry ride … read more
Bird news from Matthew Poll I finally managed to spot a Fairy Pitta today, in a narrow and quiet valley. It was calling loudly, moving unseen through the treetops for well over an hour before it dropped down onto a … read more
The debate may still be ongoing in some circles whether the ‘White-faced Plovers’ first noted in Malaysia, Singapore etc are a full species or a form of Kentish Plover (though the consensus is that they are indeed a rare and … read more