Dr. Bernhard Seliger (HSF and Birds Korea) with Lee Soh Hyun (currently intern at HSF) A day in Songdo to talk to partners about projects in Covid-19 times, including the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, ended with a pleasant stroll … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Hae-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM), together on various dates with e.g. KFEM’s Kim Choony, staff from the EAAFP Secretariat, Hwaseong KFEM staff and volunteers, and even a documentary team… Another seven or so part-days spent … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea lifetime members), Prof. Dr. Amaël Borzée (Birds Korea annual member) In scorching heat (up to 37 degree Celsius) in between the rainy season and an approaching typhoon birds (like … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Amaël Borzée One and a half days in between two typhoons spent along the Guryongpo Peninsula, the ROK’s best mainland site for land-based seabirding. Weather on the 5th was fairly calm, with winds increasing … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau. Gargantuan black pigeons, squid, and pumpkin makgeolli; these are the things that stood out to me during my three day stay on the mysterious Ulleung Island. While birdwatchers in Korea like to visit the many … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Heajeong (Hwaseong KFEM) and Jung Hanchul. Three more days of survey in sweltering summer heat, with a minimum 7,166 shorebirds counted within the Hwaseong Wetlands FNS and 9,418 shorebirds counted within the Asan … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) with Jung Hanchul and Park Hea-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM) The fourth in ten or so surveys of shorebirds and other waterbirds at the Hwaseong Flyway Network Site (FNS) as part of the EAAFP-Hwaseong City … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Jungmoon Ha, and Jung Hanchul and Park Hea-jeong (Hwaseong KFEM). Outstanding highlights during the third of ten surveys at this premier shorebird site included 30 shorebird species in a day; single Little Stint on … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Hwaseong KFEM’s Park Hea-Jeong and Jung Hanchul Four more days spent in the field at one of the ROK’s premier shorebird sites as part of this EAAFP and Hwaseong City-led project, with highlights up … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Hwaseong KFEM’s Park Hea-Jeong and Jung Hanchul Six (part-)days in the field and rain as the first of ten or so surveys for the EAAFP-led and Hwaseong City funded Hwaseong Wetlands Project. Highlights included … read more