Bird News from Robin Newlin A visit to the arboretum on a cold snowy morning in search of winter finches found only Bramblings (a conservative 200), Hawfinches (3) and Siskins (12). Other birds included a Northern Goshawk, a Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 3Eastern Buzzards and 3 Cinereous Vultures, a Solitary Snipe, several Great Tits, Coal … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Andreas Kim As part of the continuing Scaly-sided Merganser survey, we visited a pretty stretch of river near Naju and found an encouraging 13 Scaly-sided Mergansers, an equivalent number of Common Mergansers, 82 Eastern Spot-billed Ducks, 12 Common … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A four-hour walk from the Birds Korea office through a very dry and rather disturbed Igidae to SK View, covering most of the same areas e.g. in mid-April (see bird news archives).. The weather was … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A morning visit to a small stretch of Bukhangang, with mist giving way to mild early winter sunshine. On the river, 12Common Mergansers, 3 Common Goldeneyes, a Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebes and about 20 fly-over Eastern Spot-billed Ducks. Also … read more
Biodiversity News (!), Nial Moores A two-hour walk near the Birds Korea office in east Busan provided several interesting encounters. The first was a squid sp., swimming at the surface in a small harbour in wide arcs. With a body … read more
Bird News from Mike Friel A sunny afternoon walk in nearby woods led to an area of the track where I always see a variety of tits. This time, however, I was surprised to see bright yellow, and there, showing … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin Many thanks to Dr. Jung Jiseok and Miss Han Gasun of the Border Peace School for all sorts of help and hospitality. Clear weather and relative warmth in Cheolweon; patchy snow on the ground and … read more
Jeju Island, November 25, 2013 By a concerned citizen On November 12th while at the Jungmun tourist complex on Jeju’s south coast, I happened to walk through the lobby of a large luxury hotel. I was more than a little … read more
Bird News from Andreas Kim A visit to the Gangjin Bay on the afternoon to check for Whooper Swans turned out to be a very birdy trip. Strong wind and several rain showers made it occasionally uncomfortable. The first stop … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A short research trip to Ulleung County from November 20th-24th found a total of c. 74 bird species (including five seen only from inside the ferry between c. 10km north of the Guryongpo Peninsula and Ulleung). Weather throughout was mild, … read more