Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, Birds Korea), Kim Young-Soo (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation) with the Eco-tourism Team of Jeollabukdo provincial government A two-day tour brought together a team of the Jeollabukdo Eco-Tourism office with a team of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation to discuss possibilities … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Hea-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM) and Jung Hanchul We conducted the ninth waterbird survey as part of the Hwaseong City – EAAFP Hwaseong Wetlands Project between October 28th and 30th, with highlights that included tens … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, Birds Korea) One day and a morning of birding between a conference on Jeju-Do. Construction all around the island is going on, seemingly barely slowed by the Covid-19 crisis. Anyhow, the small streams leading down … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger with Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea and Birds Korea) and Prof. Amaël Borzée (Nanjing Forestry University) As part of a trip to evaluate chances for eco-tourism in Jeollabukdo, we had the chance to visit a lake in … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau. I took a short day trip to Mara Island over the Chuseok holidays, to enjoy a gorgeous sunny day and explore the southern most point of Korea. The ferry port had Blue Rock Thrush, Oriental … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Hea-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM) Back for the eighth waterbird survey of the Hwaseong FNS, where highlights included huge numbers of Tundra Bean Goose, and a trio of scarcer geese species: Swan Goose, Lesser White-fronted … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea) with Joseph Seliger On Hangeul day, a trip along the Han and Imjin River to Yeoncheon. Unfortunately, major observation points like Odusan observatory (which grants a sometimes spectacular overview over the Han … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea) with Johann Seliger Starting a little too early on October 3 (Gaejeoncheol holiday in Korea and the 30th anniversary of German unification), we had to wait almost an hour in the dark … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (both Hanns Seidel Foundation and Birds Korea), Prof. Amaël Borzée (Nanjing Forestry University) A short survey of some of the our usual check-points along with a discussion with officials of Goseong as well … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar (with Dr Nial Moores from 30th onwards) Early fall migration watch on the occasion of Korean Thanksgiving holidays. In general the number of species seemed rather limited and the ones present seemed rather skittish (as … read more