Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang, Lee Su-Young and Jang Ryang Under contract from Yeoncheon County, we conducted five very productive days of survey of breeding birds and other biodiversity in the Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve on June 2nd, 3rd, 4th, … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (with Subhojit Chakladar for part of 26th-28th). In addition to plentiful of enjoyable encounters with Korean breeding species (some of which like Black-faced Spoonbill, Chinese Egret, Tiger Shrike and Forest Wagtail breed on the island … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar (with Dr Nial Moores) With a storm front expected to pass over the northern part of Yellow Sea on 25th evening, I decided to check out what the weather system might bring in on the … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar (with Dr Nial Moores, Andy Lee and Justin Lee) NOTE: This post was substantially modified following input from Prof. Per Alstrom between May 20th and 23rd. Peak of the spring migration on this island is … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau Spring migration started slowly in March down in Jeju Island, with waders showing up on coastal areas and in wetlands and reservoirs. Waders such as Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, and Great Knots began to show … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau A belated post on a fine day of birding on the east coast of Jeju Island on March 19th. The weather was rather stormy for most of the day, until clearing up a bit in … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar With an interesting weather system developing near the Shanghai coast, I was tempted to see what would the storm bring to an isolated island like Gageo as the winds sweep migrating birds across the Yellow … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation and Birds Korea) with Debora Tydecks-Zhou and Kim Young-Soo (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Munich and Korea) A visit of various projects in Goseong brought the possibility for a short, 2 hour, rapid survey on Saturday, and a 3 hour … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Rain and strong southerlies are the ideal conditions for falls of Japanese-bound migrants in Busan. This spring has remained stubbornly dry locally, however, with abundant sunshine and winds often tending to the east. My personal … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (HSF Seoul and Birds Korea) with family Growing up in the German countryside, I thought it is normal to have birds singing loudly from 4 a.m. in the spring and summer mornings. The strength of the bird … read more