After research in the Nakdong Estuary on September 27th, a small team of researchers will be at Saemangeum and in the Geum Estuary from September 30th to October 3rd, and again at the Nakdong Estuary between October 4th and 6th. … read more
Some of this month’s conservation news in the ROK: Members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature are holding a Regional Conservation Forum at Songdo Convention Center from Sept. 27-30. Ashok Khosla, president of the … read more
Check out SAVE International’s new article in the September 2011 World Rivers Review about the threat of “Green Growth” projects. SAVE discusses the highly problematic engineering scheme, The Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, as well as the “Not-So-Green” construction of 6 Tidal Power Plants … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Rainer Ertel and Herman Reinhardt From a fishing boat, an excellent day’s birding, with close encounters with two of 20 Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel, 200+ Common Tern (showing a range of bare part coloration), single Flesh-footed … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores & Jason Loghry Between 1530 and 1830, in N4-6 winds, a dozen or so Streaked Shearwater north, c. 6 large white-headed gulls south (including one Taimyr Gull) but only one Common Tern. Open areas and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Two hours of seawatching in fair conditions (with S/SE3 winds and 20% cloud cover) found 425 Common Tern “blogging” (but no sign of 2 White-wingeds and one Whiskered seen the day before), small numbers of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (later with Jason Loghry) With winds at N/NE 5-6, a very strong northward movement of Streaked Shearwater first noted at 10am. Counting was conducted between 1500 and 1800, and sample counts each hour recorded 1,000 … read more
Latest Birds News with Mike Friel, Dominic Le Croissette, J P Loghry, & Kim In Cheol. Heading out to Suncheon Bay is almost always an exciting adventure, especially with Mike Friel and Dom Le Croissette. Stopping in for a view … read more
Bird News from Mike Friel, Clare Morton, & Jason P. Loghry Besides observing some very curious Daurian Redstart fledglings in my neighborhood park on a daily basis, or following the sea winds of the passing typhoon to two possible … read more
Here is a fantastic article taken from The Independent, written by one of Britain’s leading writers on the environment and the natural world, and the longstanding Environment Editor of The Independent, Michael McCartney. You can read more at The Independent, … read more