Birds Korea, July 4th 2013 Congratulations to Professor Robin Newlin for the successful release of his book, Korea Through Her Birds, published by Seoul Selection in late June. According to the online introduction, the book “seeks to introduce the birds: … read more
Post by Jason Loghry, June 26 Pesticides decimating dragonflies and other aquatic insects “According to a new study looking at over 50 streams in Germany, France, and Australia, scientists found that pesticide contamination was capable of undercutting invertebrate biodiversity by … read more
Post by Jason Loghry, June 26 Incheon Seeking to Build A Members-Only F1 Race-Track “Weingrow Partners, a London-based private-investment company, said this week it will partner with Automobile Lamborghini and Williams F1 to build the world’s first members-only “exclusive lifestyle … read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, June 17th New today: 1. An English-language trip report by Mr. Philippe Malenfert to Heuksan Island (April 26th-May 9th) added to the Trip Reports page. http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Trip_Reports/BK-TR-Trip-Reports.shtml This particular report has some great observations (including Himalayan Swiftlet and the … read more
The Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG) (http://www.awsg.org.au) is a specialist body of BirdLife Australia, and one of the world’s leading bodies for shorebird research. The AWSG’s excellent and consistent contribution to the knowledge-base and conservation of shorebirds on this Flyway … read more
Posted By Jason Loghry, Birds Korea, June 6 A new page has opened today on the Birds Korea’s websites, with lots of new information and images of birding hot-spot Baekryeong Island in Incheon: http://www.birdskorea.org/Habitats/Other/Baekryeongdo/BK-HA-Baekryeongdo.shtml The page already hosts a detailed … read more
The new checklist is now online: English: The Birds Korea Checklist for the Republic of Korea: 2013 http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Checklist/BK-CL-Checklist-info-2013.shtml Korean: 새와생명의터 2013 대한민국 조류목록 http://www.birdskorea.or.kr/Birds/Checklist/BK-CL-Checklist-info-2013.shtml read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, April 26th Igidae and Taejongdae parks in Busan are less than 50km as the bird flies from the Japanese migrant hot spot island of Tsushima (Teima Do), and seem likely to share many of the same species … read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, April 26th Of possible interest to our blog visitors, on the leading Birding Frontiers website, some stunning images of a Baikal Teal seen in the UK earlier this month – and a discussion on aging led by ID expert Martin Garner … read more
Birds Korea, April 23rd 2013 The eighth in the series of annual Birds Korea bird reviews by Edelsten et al. (2013) is now available online and for download: http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Birdnews/BK-BN-Review-2009.shtml Presenting records of over 230 species in Korea and contributions from … read more