Bird News from Jason Loghry Had an excellent afternoon of birding at Hwapo Cheon. My target for the afternoon was to find another large flock of vultures. Conditions were dreary but it felt like that kind of day when a birder … read more
A few hours on this island walking along the forested hillside, some farmlands and the MTB course. The hiking trails were completely free of the usual hiking crowd that descends on the island during other times of the year on … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry On Christmas Eve, a few colleagues and I decided to choose a site and have a bird race, or a “Big Day”. I chose the Junam area including the two nearby reservoirs. The weather was … read more
Bird News from Shim Kyu-Sik Outstanding highlight was a Demoiselle Crane in the main flock of White-naped Crane, seen and off in Cheorwon since its discovery there first on November 8th by local birder Lee Sun-Woo. The bird is usually … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin, Im Kwang Wan, Jo Seong Sik and Kang Ji-Hye An early morning dash over cold and snowy mountains to the coast: our target was ducks, especially Smews, and the Guryeongpo Lake and Namdaecheon did not … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry A day spent “gulling” under largely clear skies with the westerly wind increasing from light to moderate and temperatures rising to a mild 7C or 8C before falling sharply again in the … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry I had a couple of hours this evening so I went quickly to one of the nearby parks at the Nakdong to get some birding in before sunset. This week has been cold, even in … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores In cool conditions on the 12th (2-3C at dawn rising to 7C during the day) and rather colder conditions on the 16th (3-4C all day, with a strengthening westerly wind and occasional snow-spit ahead of … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin I spent a privileged few hours on the afternoon of the 14th and the morning of the 15th driving (being driven, actually) around the restricted area by Pastor Jung and Mr. Shin of the Border … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Following a great map from Ha Jung Moon, I found a Long-eared Owl (after some searching) …. close to the trunk (and hence easy to miss). Other species seen in a few hours of afternoon … read more