Bird Sightings

Incheon-Songdo, Gochan Tidal Flat

Shortly before the start of the UN-ESCAP workshop on biodiversity (on which a separate report will follow), a short visit to the Gochan tidal flat. Time was not really good, arriving almost at low tide. Anyway, a number of waders, Common Greenshanks, Dunlins, Grey Plovers, Terek Sandpipers, Common Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plovers, Far-Eastern Oystercatchers, Eurasian Whimbrels, Far Eastern Curlews, and others. Many of the smaller waders close to the waterline were too far to identify them. Additionally, a number of Blackfaced Spoonbills, one of them ringed. Birding before the workshop was good for the mood!

You can see the list of birds at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S193125322

Blackfaced Spoonbills Platalea Minor (© Bernhard Seliger)

Terek Sandpipers Xenus cinereus (© Bernhard Seliger)

Far Eastern Oystercatcher Haematopus osculans (© Bernhard Seliger)

Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (© Bernhard Seliger)

Blackfaced Spoonbill Platalea Minor with legband (© Bernhard Seliger)

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