Bird News from Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi and Dr. Bernhard Seliger (both Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, Birds Korea lifetime members) The 2nd survey of the Siam wetland/ Yudo islet area, an outcome of a 2019 project between Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea and Gimpo city, brought us … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, with Kim Kimi and Lee Joon-Hyup ( Birjarim Ro Monitoring Team) and Kim Yeiwon on several dates. Bird highlights during five days of survey at Bijarim Ro (still threatened by road-widening) and along the Seongsan … read more
The ongoing development of construction and small-scale industry, but also recent events like the sanitation of large stretches of Imjin River to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever are likely reasons for an ever-increasing concentration of cranes inside the … read more
Bird News by Dr. Bernhard Seliger with Mr Kim Young-Soo Goseong, a divided county at the East Coast and the northernmost county of South Korea, has all the charm and interesting features of a border county, but at the same … read more
Bird news by Prof. Dr. Amael Borzée, Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi, Dr. Bernhard Seliger Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea in cooperation with Gimpo City since December 2018 carried out regular surveys of Yudo in a project lasting until last summer. This project … read more
Birds News from Nial Moores with Andy Deighton, Ian Merrill, Simon Colenutt and Trevor Codlin from the UK. To help fund our conservation work, five days were spent guiding four visiting world-birders from the UK en route to Taiwan. This … read more
Birds News from Bernhard Seliger One of the delights of living in Seoul is that in-mid of the city or nearby there are some easily reachable bird-watching spots, among them the estuary of the rivulet Jungnangcheon flowing into the Han … read more
Birds News from Bernhard Seliger Two morning strolls in Kangseo Seubji…Kangseo Seubji, the wetland along the Han river in Kangseo (“West of the river”) district, has in the past been a sometimes very good resting area for ducks, geese and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores & Bernhard Seliger, Kim Choony (National KFEM), Shim Hyeong Jin (Incheon KFEM), Choi Hyun-Ah and Trevor Rose A return trip to Baekryeong in continuing unseasonably mild weather (with overnight lows close to zero, and highs … read more
Bjorn Olesen, December 30th 2019 Bjorn Olesen is a retired corporate executive, award-winning wildlife photographer and a passionate conservationist. With his wife Fanny, he has published three books ‘A Visual Celebration of Giant Pandas’ in 2013, and ‘A Visual Celebration … read more