Selected Bird News from “Team Shetland” with Nial Moores A fairly intensive week of birding around the country (as a prelude to a two-week trip by TS to Japan) produced several outstanding highlights. Out of the 150+ species logged, these … read more
Bird News from Andreas Kim In the morning with light rain the stream between Samhyang and Yeongsan bridge was populated with 100 to 150Black-headed Gull – like in the last two weeks, but today also 2 Black-tailed Gull were seen, one with only … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry with Alex Broda Sunday afternoon at Junam was mostly clear-skied and quiet. It was a perfect day to be outside for a walk. We avoided the main entrance to the lake. In the surrounding rice … read more
Jason Loghry, February 15, 2014 For those of us obsessed with wind and movement, the Earth Wind Map website could be of interest. It is a visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers updated every three hours with ocean … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten Gangneung and Donghae both have had significant snowfalls of over a metre in the past week or so, and Gyeongpo Lake was almost entirely frozen. On the last patch of running water, nice views of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Team Finland Although a much fuller report will be published later, the following is intended as a quick first-hand account of the discovery of the ROK’s first confirmed Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis. On February 14th, following … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten At Odael beach today an assortment of gulls provided some amusement. Several were seen eating fallen snow (a useful source of freshwater) including one seen plucking snowflakes out the air as it roosted. Black-tailed … read more
Bird News from Andreas Kim The Mokpo Namhang Urban Wetland at present is mostly populated by ducks, but there had been significant change to previous years. With last year’s start of several construction activities the habitats have seen some changes … read more
Birds Korea, February 2nd, 2014 In the ten years since Birds Korea was founded, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has hosted several high-profile international meetings relevant to bird and habitat conservation, including the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten Predictably, development has come to this picturesque and sunny port, and they have built a park with railings over an area of rocks formerly used by the birds to feed. A look at the harbour … read more