“The modern, rational human being, the one that knows it once descended from animals but along the way turned into something completely different, did not create cities. They created us. And it’s only chauvinism that lets us imagine that we … read more
20 Great Knot were recorded in the UAE in January (last month), including one banded individual (E1), which was banded in July on the western Kamchatka peninsula. The full article: The sighting of a great knot in Umm Al Quwain … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, 11-15 January 2017 Approximately 90% of Korean bird species are migratory; therefore, the protection of habitat along the migratory routes to the north and south of Korea and on the whole of … read more
Jason Loghry, Dec 28, 2016 South Korea to Create Offshore Wind Farm in Saemangeum Area “The government said on Monday that it will spend 440 billion won to build an offshore wind farm at Saemangeum Lake and the Saemanguem Industrial … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, October 13th 2016 There were (at least) three important meetings held in September 2016 that were of direct relevance to conservation of the Yellow Sea’s endangered tidal flats: (1) in the DPRK, a seminar … read more
From September 1st to September 7th, eleven high school students from Chadwick International (Incheon), under the direction of long-term Birds Korea members Aaron Miller and Lynn Crew, participated in the IUCN World Conservation Congress to present a poster regarding the … read more
As a member of Birds Korea, a design student, and a bird and conservation enthusiast, I was absolutely thrilled to work for one of the oldest and most active bird conservation organizations in North America—Massachusetts Audubon Society (Mass Audubon). This … read more
Watch out for colour-ringed buntings! Colour-ringed Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola © Wieland Heim Rapidly declining population trends have recently been found for Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola and Rustic Bunting E. rustica, but our knowledge about their migration routes and … read more
Jason Loghry, Birds Korea I’m not sure if others have seen this video of these newly designed wind turbines, but could be the beginning of an answer for some of our bird strike issues. Check it out: Here is the … read more
Jason Loghry, Birds Korea The Global Flyway Network have published the 2016 Bohai Bay Field Report. The focus of the study is of individually colour-banded birds of four species (Bar and Black-tailed Godwit and Red and Great Knot) from Northwest Australia (Roebuck … read more