Hanns Seidel Foundation / UNESCAP Field Survey and Workshop on Conservation of Migratory Birds and Habitat at Rason Migratory Bird Reserve: Annotated Bird Checklist, March 25 – 31 2014 Dr. Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea, April 7 2014 As part of an … read more
Birds News from Jason Loghry and Yun Sunkyung We went to Taejongdae in the early morning looking for migrants. Many birds were vocalizing, but mostly tits, many being Eastern Great. We enjoyed nice views of Pale Thrush (6+) and Grey … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Mike McCarthy A quick visit to Saemangeum for research by one of the UK’s leading environmental journalists / writers Mike McCarthy (e.g. Independent journalist and author of the wonderful book “Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo”) was … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and other participants As part of an international initiative to improve conservation opportunities for threatened Northeast Asian species (including the White-naped Crane Grus vipio), a rapid assessment of birds and their habitats was conducted in Rason … read more
Bird News from Andreas Kim The first check for this spring migration season revealed a small number of shorebirds on the southern tidal-flat: 113Bar-tailed Godwit (one leg-flagged from New Zealand, one from Victoria Australia), 13 Great Knot (one leg-flagged), 11 Far-eastern Curlew, c. 30 Dunlin; … read more
Bird News from Bernadette Kolb, Omar Naji and Nial Moores During the week of 14th-22nd, several birding hotspots were visited, in weather that ranged from very windy and quite cold (especially on the 20th) to sunny and seasonally warm (most … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin An afternoon visit to the mountain under mild sunshine: birds included various Varied, Great, Marsh and Long-tailed Tits, some seen and some heard; several Eurasian Nuthatches, a small flock of Yellow-throated Buntings, a distant calling … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Im Kwang Wan We visited Gangeso’s River Park to check on the Short-eared Owls. Near dusk, two emerged to course above the fields, sometimes perching in the near distance. Also in the area: 2 … read more
Bird News from Dr. Kim Seok-Yee and Andreas Kim A short 45 minutes visit after lunchtime found the site at maximum high tide with sunny and windy conditions. Most birds enjoyed the warming sun in roosting positions. Unfortunately a new … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll At ‘Redpoll Hill’, a brief sighting of a Yellow-browed Warbler on March 4th was followed by a much better listen/look at three individuals on March 13th. On the same day, a single Goldcrest was seen … read more