Shorebird Research/ Bird News from Nial Moores A boat-based shorebird survey of the Nakdong Estuary was conducted with Tim Edelsten on April 22nd as the first of three counts to be made this spring for a regional project led by … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A morning trip to Gyeyangsan in warm, clear weather. Few migrants in evidence: highlights included a Scaly Thrush (holding what looked like nesting material), a couple of Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, a … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores With count effort focused on only three areas (excluding the main reservoir and adjacent wetland bisected by a shiny new and not very useful road) a modest total of 97 species was recorded, with the … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, with Marco della Seta on 9th and 10th Some time spent looking at favoured sites (Igidae, Taejongdae, Dadaepo and off Geoje) for early spring Japan-bound migrants in largely sunny conditions and very mild or even … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin with Im Kwang Wan and Chinmay Rahane We met up in front of the usual bakery and went to Namhansan, where we met Jo Seong Sik, Park Im Ja, and, soon after, a pair of … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A morning visit to the duck stream found a marked reduction in waterfowl but, surprisingly, the Baer’s Pochard still present (if favoring a slightly different area) along with some Coots, a pair of Moorhen, a … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (with Bernhard Seliger and Choi Hyun-Ah) From March 15th-17th another round of marine bird surveys was conducted off from Daejin-Geojin (Gangwon Province) as part of research on biodiversity conservation close to the inner border region. … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin I went back to Wangsukcheon for a morning visit, hoping for another look at the Baer’s Pochard in better light. First to appear were Eurasian Coots, a single Moorhen, Common Pochards, several Gadwalls, a single … read more
Bird news from Robin Newlin and Im Kwang Wan We visited 2 places: Hwaseong in the morning and Wangsukcheon at Guri in the afternoon. Hwaseong was cold and relatively quiet: it seems that many of the wintering geese and waterfowl … read more
Matt Poll & Tim Edelsten. An enjoyable trip to this familiar island some 45km offshore from Incheon. There was a surprising amount of early spring bird movement in evidence. Despite the ongoing construction of a new road and bridge linking … read more