In 2025, Birds Korea and Birds Korea Yeoncheon have continued to conduct research on biodiversity (and especially on birds) for Yeoncheon County – helping to identify conservation priorities and ecotourism possibilities within the Biosphere Reserve, including identifying areas which should … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea and Birds Korea member) On September 8, a short visit to Hwajinpo Wetland brought some great views of roosting Common Terns on the fences of the main wetland. Other notable birds included a Brown Shrike, … read more
(Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation and Birds Korea) Our 6th survey this year in Han Estuary brought a mix of rain and sometimes spectacular clear views of Yudo islet and North Korea across the Han river. Birdwise, … read more
Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation and Birds Korea) with Dr. Nial Moores (Birds Korea) On August 22-23, a group of around a dozen birders, some of them related to Birds Korea, divided up into teams and undertook a study of the impact … read more
Bird news and photos from Leslie Hurteau. All images taken in 2025, unless otherwise noted. Summer birding on Jeju, and the whole of Korea really, can be particularly unpleasant with high humidity, oppressive heat (getting hotter in recent years), and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, with Hong Sung Min, Kim Dong Gyu, Kim Eojin, Andy Lee and many others! For me personally, a really interesting start to autumn seawatching, with a three-hour boat trip out from the Gurypongpo Peninsula near … read more
나일 무어스, 백승광, 이수영이 전하는 탐조 소식. 연천군의 지원하에, 또한 연천군을 지원하기 위해, 새와 생명의 터 / 새와 생명의 터 연천은 다시금 흰목물떼새Long-billed Plovers에 중점을 두고 연천 임진강 생물권보전지역 내 주요 강하천에서 7월 1일부터 8일까지 조사를 수행했다. read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang and Lee Su-Young Supported by and in support of Yeoncheon County, research with a special focus once more on Long-billed Plovers was conducted by Birds Korea / Birds Korea Yeoncheon along the main … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, Birds Korea) What a pleasant surprise! For the first time in eight years of more or less regular surveys in Han Estuary, we saw a flock of 10 Hill Pigeons in … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, Birds Korea), Lara Dommitzsch (HSF Korea), Minjae Baek (EAAFP), Shin Dong-Ho (EAAFP) Last Friday, June 20, was mainly notable for the amounts of rain pouring down the whole day. Had we … read more