Bird News from Nial Moores Highlights of a few hours in a local park in warm and misty weather included 1,260 loafing and feeding Streaked Shearwater counted in a single scan with single Short-tailed Shearwater, Red-throated Loon, Slaty-backed Gull and … read more
Between May 23rd and 28th I conducted a third round of shorebird counts as part of a regional project on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper led by the wonderful SBS in China, funded by the National Geographic Air and Water … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Sue Davis Three days of end-of-spring birding in hazy but summer-like weather included a trip out to Eocheong Island (afternoon of the 29th and morning of 30th, with some excellent sea-birding from the ferry); … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin with Jo Seong Sik and Im Kwan Wang Remarkable news of a Greater Flamingo being discovered by Mr. Lim Bang-Hyun on May 21st had me and Mr. Jo out and looking on the 23rd. After … read more
Bird News from Dr Nial Moores (Birds Korea) with Dr Bernhard Seliger and Felix Glenk (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea), Professor Lu Cai (Beijing Forestry University), Li Jia (IUCN, Bangkok office) and MOLEP. After arriving on May 16th, we presented at … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick weekend trip just ahead of a storm system moving in from China. With rain predicted on Sunday, I tried to make most of the good weather on Saturday. After arrival on the island … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Between May 6th and 9th I conducted a second round of shorebird counts as part of a regional project on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper led by the wonderful SBS in China, funded by the … read more
Between May 7th and 9th, for Birds Korea I conducted the second of three counts to be made this spring at the internationally important Geum Estuary for a regional project led by the wonderful SBS in China on “The ecology … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin My last one-and-a-half days on the island: Friday May 5. Expected rain did not arrive, but fog began to roll in by mid morning. The morning boat nevertheless came and went, carrying away some birders … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and (4’30-5’1) Im Kwang Wan, Jo Seong Sik, Kang Ji Hye and Park Im Ja Saturday 4’30. After a very early start from various points in Seoul and a good vegetarian breakfast near … read more