Dr Nial Moores, January 20th 2021 In December 2020, Lee Jae-heung found a Western Water Rail Rallus aquaticus, presumably of eastern subspecies korejewi, wintering in a semi-urban stream in northern Incheon. Once the news went public in January, the bird … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Birds Korea, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea) Being driven from my home by my son’s birthday party, on December 27th, I went for a short afternoon scan (15.30-18.00), which was repeated for a longer time (07.00-15.00) and wider … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Jung Hanchul (Gyeonggi KFEM). The eleventh and last survey this year of the Hwaseong Wetlands Project, an initiative developed by the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership and Hwaseong City, with survey-work conducted by Birds Korea … read more
Dr. Nial Moores (Birds Korea), Prof. Dr. Amaël Borzée (Birds Korea, Nanjing Forestry University), Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Birds Korea, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea), Felix Glenk (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea), CEO Doug Watkins, Min-jong Jeon, Yeonah Ku & Brenda Lim (East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership) and … read more
Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, Birds Korea), with Park Ji-Hyun, Johann and Joseph Seliger A short trip over the US thanksgiving weekend to Jeju Island was devoted to climbing some of the beautiful volcanoes called Oreum here (after a … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea) with Haesu Jung (HSF) After a hiatus of several month, the November survey in the Siam wetland and Hangang Estuary area near Yudo Islet brought positive and negative … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Hea-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM) and Jung Hanchul On 17th, in exceptionally mild but dull conditions we found 93 species in total. On 17th, dawn saw a flight out of roost of >54,000 geese and … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea and Birds Korea) A trip to the No Gun Ri Global Peace Forum brought the chance for an afternoon of searching for birds in the vicinity of Yeongdong, South of Daejeon. Though in the countryside, … read more
Nial Moores, November 7th 2020 On October 31st 2020, while conducting bird survey on biodiversity hotspot Baekryeong Island, Incheon, as part of the Birds Korea Baekryeong Wetlands Project, I heard an unfamiliar and incessant “Prrip-Priip” call. This initially suggested one … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, Birds Korea), with Doug Watkins (EAAFP), Vivian Fu (EAAFP), Kang Na-Ru (local researcher) and Dr. Hwang Sun-Mi (Officer of Suncheon) On October 29-30, we had a very productive seminar generating ideas for … read more