Bird News by Johan Kok At 22:22 on Tuesday 8 September 2015 I received text messages indicating that a single Oriental Stork had been seen in the Taehwa river in Ulsan on the 7th of September by Adrian Boyle. It’s … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) with Choi Hyun-Ah (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea) A second bird survey in Goseong County (after the first in late June) was conducted with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea, as part of research on … read more
Bird News, and ID questions, from Nial Moores In the early hours of the 25th, Typhoon Goni produced some strong winds, heavy rain and top quality urban birding in Busan as it battered Kyushu and started its swan-song into the … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll It has been a hot and humid summer in Suncheon, but by no means has it been slow on the bird front. It seemed like three of the four pairs of nesting Chestnut-cheeked Starlings had … read more
Nial Moores with Owen and Sally Cole and Park Meena In sweltering heat (probably reaching a humid 34C at midday at Junam), a day of enjoyable local birding in a wide range of habitats that included sea coast, the estuary, … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry with Ha Jung Moon, Matt Poll, and Nial Moores As many birders in Korea already know, there has been only one record of Bar-headed Goose in Korea, which was seen for a couple of weeks in … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Ha Jeong Mun As super-typhoon Nangka weakened rapidly into a Category One, and further degraded as it hit land in western Japan on July 16th, hopes still remained high that the resultant northerly winds … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll with Heloise Stankard A return trip to Goheung once more yielded some very interesting birds. Goheung is rich in a variety of habitats, ranging from mixed mountain forests, tidal mudflats, small sandy beaches, vast tracts … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Occasional visits to local wooded areas in eastern Busan provided evidence of a good diversity of breeding species, though all proved extremely hard to see well in the dense undergrowth and heavy canopy. Breeding species … read more
Birds News from Jason Loghry and Jeong Siyoon This morning from about 5:45 am, Jeong Siyoon and I took a short morning walk to watch birds at Bunseongsan, in Gimhae. He’s a graduate of Obang Elementary School and is … read more