Bird News from Nial Moores More deskwork interrupted time on Baekryeong, with a half-day in the west and northwest on the 14th; eight hours in Jincheon on the 15th; and a full day in the field on the 16th, divided … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Following an afternoon ferry journey on the 10th (which produced c. 180 Streaked and three Flesh-footed Shearwaters and a single Parasitic Jaeger), I have had the chance to spend a few desk work-interrupted days in … read more
Jason Loghry, Aug 24 A huge highlight of joining shorebird research in the Yellow Sea, especially in Korea, is having decent chances to see the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Although we might have a project focused on other species, it’s … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Bernhard Seliger A quick visit to Baekryeong Island in very humid and warm conditions to survey birds and habitats; to identify a few of the major environmental challenges; and to discuss possible conservation solutions … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry with Gary Bletsch A mid-summer nine-day foray to several of the nation’s top birding sites in weather that ranged from torrential jangma rain to extremely hot and humid (reaching 37C, though reading … read more
Goseong with its varied habitat of sea, lagoon lakes, forests and mountains and paddies and wetlands is still worth a trip, though habitat loss takes place at a disturbing speed. Currently, a large new road project takes away much of … read more
Bird Research News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry Between June 19th and 25th, during just one week of rapid counting (with an especial focus on looking for over-summering Spoon-billed Sandpiper), we found a total of 28 shorebird species and … read more
Bird news by Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Felix Glenk of Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea together with Spike Millington, CEO of EAAFP, Raphael Glement and Angela Joehl Cardena of IUCN and the very supportive team of Mr. Kim and Ms. Pang … read more
This is a short report on a trip to Pyongyang and Pyongang-Namdo from June 7 to 15. It included a stay near the Potong river in Pyongyang as well as a trip to the model afforestation of Hanns Seidel Foundation … read more
Belated Bird News from Nial Moores with the “Belgian Bird Conservationists” (Miguel Demeulemeester, Marc Van Mierlo and Joost Mertens). Approximately 220 species were logged in total by the “BBC”, with highlights including Oriental Stork, von Schrenck’s Bittern, Ruddy-breasted Crake and … read more