Bird news from Leslie Hurteau. Interested to see what fall migration was like elsewhere in Korea this season, I took a weekend trip to Heuksan Island, a place well known for its migratory birds and even has its own research … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Alternating between days of desk work and fieldwork, two weeks at Korea’s top migration hotspot of Baengnyeong Island (as it is increasingly spelt in official documents) yielded at least 137 species. Highlights included a Greater … read more
October 7, 2021 Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation and Birds Korea lifetime member) On the occasion of an unrelated conference, I had the luck to have a short birding outing to the Eastern coastal road and Hado-Ri wetland in … read more
September 22, 2021 and September 27, 2021 Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (Hanns Seidel Foundation and Birds Korea lifetime member) On September 22nd, a short post-Chuseok birding morning in Paju, near the book city and around the rice fields … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Birds Korea, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation) Songjiho is one of two large lagoon lakes in Goseong County, the other is Hwajinpo. One short evening stroll and two morning counts brought some nice views of arriving winter migrants. Highlights were an … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar A short trip post Chuseok holidays. Weather was clear and sunny on 24th and cloudy on the remaining 2 days. September 24th Ferry ride over calm seas with limited outside access produced only a handful … read more
Bird News from Leslie Hurteau A Saturday was spent with a visiting friend in the southwest of Jeju Island looking for migrants. While waiting for the ferry to Mara-do, we had an hour to spare and decided to check the … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (Birds Korea, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea) Still in hot summer temperatures climbing up to 30 degrees, the survey brought us first to the Han Estuary near Yudo islet, and later to Siam wetland. … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, Birds Korea) Two visits mainly unrelated to birding were used to check sites in Goseong County, Gangwon Province. Disturbance at the beaches and, unfortunately, also in the wetlands around Hwajinpo, was high due … read more
Nial Moores, Birds Korea Another week in Hwaseong; and another week of spectacles and surprises, with 38 species of shorebird logged! August 9th to 13th was spent conducting a training workshop for potential site wardens, with the focus on identification, … read more