Bird News / Highlights from Shim Kyu-Sik Outstanding highlights at Hwaseong on December 26th were single Steppe Eagle 초원수리 (perhaps scarcely annual in the ROK, and now classified globally as Endangered) and Horned Lark 해변종다리 (<10 national records). Steppe Eagle Aquila … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A somewhat belated report posted from the USA (!) about an early morning visit to the north Han River at Paldang: observations are from a very limited viewing point just upriver from Paldang Station, made … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll, with Tim Edelsten, Johan Kok On December 16th, and again on December 19th (with Tim Edelsten), I spotted single Oriental Storks at Suncheon Bay. They were photographed at extreme distance, but it was clear that … read more
Selected Bird News from Nial Moores with Bernhard Seliger, Choi Hyun-Ah, Robin Newlin, Marco Della Seta and Subhojit Chakladar. December bird counts were made by NM along the coast between Daejin and Geojin as part of ongoing joint research in … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll At Suncheon Bay on November 22nd, two Swan Geese, a crisply-marked Rough-legged Buzzard, a Hen Harrier, 25+ Saunders’s Gull, a single Eurasian Hoopoe, and 40+ nearby Rooks stood out on a fairly quiet morning. On … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry In largely mild (5C- 10C) and overcast conditions with light to moderate southwesterly winds, clearing to sunny and almost calm conditions in the later afternoon, another fascinating day was spent at Guryongpo … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A return trip to Paldang found much of the same birds as last week’s visit; waterfowl numbers seemed somewhat reduced, or perhaps just more spread out (today I covered a smaller area). The pair of … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Marco Della Seta. Our Saturday morning visit to the Han River at Paldang came a couple of days after the season’s first freeze, and the weather and the birds were winter quality: snow throughout … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A morning trip to Incheon’s Gyeyang Mountain: cold (frozen puddles) and scattered clouds with only slight warming as the day progressed. Highlights were a Naumann’s Thrush (first of the season for me), a single Rustic … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll, Jason Loghry, and Subhojit Chakladar Seosan © Matt Poll Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris © Matt Poll Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus © Subhojit Chakladar Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus © Matt Poll Snow Goose Chen caerulescens © Subhojit Chakladar Lesser White-fronted Goose … read more