Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger and Choi Hyun-Ah A rapid survey of birds and habitats in Goseong County (including by boat between close to the NLL and the headland off Geojin; around Hwajin Po; and from the road … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores In initially misty and humid conditions, a few hours in a different area to that usually visited produced an unexpected highlight: good views of Pacific Swift feeding and then resting on rock faces as they … read more
Nial Moores, June 10th 2015 In consideration of the paucity of information on birds in the northern provinces of the Korean Peninsula, the following three reports help confirm seasonal presence / breeding of several species: 1. KCNA News Report, June … read more
Bird Report by Jason Loghry with Matt Poll Saturday was easily one of the greatest days of birding I’ve ever had in June. We started early at Suncheon Bay. Just at sunrise we made it to some rice fields near … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Tim Edelsten On an emptied pond in the grounds of Shiripdae (The University of Seoul, Dongdaemun-Gu), a mother Mallard watched over six ducklings- a scarce breeding record. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos @ Tim Edelsten. read more
지난 주 금요일 저녁부터 토요일 낮까지, 남이섬에 다시 다녀왔습니다. 그 전 주말(24일 포스트)에는 너무 붐벼서 새보다는 사람구경을 한 기분이었는데요, 이번엔 평일이라 꽤 한산했습니다. 그 때문인지 아니면 제가 지난번보다 부지런한 일정으로 탐조를 했기 때문인지 더 다양한 새들의 모습을 확인할 수 있었습니다. … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A few hours in the local park in Busan on May 30th and June 3rd produced a good mix of resident species, summer visitors and passage migrants. In addition to distant looks at two Pacific … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll It feels like summer in Suncheon, with noisy Oriental Reed Warblers in every patch of reeds, Black-naped Orioles calling and nesting, and Oriental Dollarbirds chasing Chinese Sparrowhawks through the hot and muggy hills. On … read more
Baekryung Island, May 28-31 Bird News from Robin Newlin The following is a brief account of highlights. I had little sense of any significant day-by-day change in numbers of most species, so redundancy is avoided in favor of brevity. Many … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll with Heloise Stankard Islands south of Yeosu boast some quiet, relatively untouristy (yet) towns and excellent mountain habitat – much of it being inaccessible to foot traffic. While there was a popular hiking trail filled … read more