Bird News from Robin Newlin and Im Kwang Wan Despite morning rain and on-and-off fog, a good day for raptors: several Kestrels, a Peregrine, 4 Eastern Buzzards, 2 or 3 Upland Buzzards including a handsome dark-phase, and one possible vulpinus … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A somewhat quiet day: (other than bulldozing horns in the north corner and small-group loudspeaker tours) with an overall feel of small numbers. 1 Wren, 40 Yellow-throated Buntings, scattered Great, Marsh, Long-tailed and Varied Tits, … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores In still-mild and autumnal conditions (with a day of sunshine, light winds and a low of 9C rising to 17C or 18C in the afternoon) another day was spent walking the trails in Igidae. As … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry Had a stop at Junam for some quick birding in the morning to see if any of the crane species had arrived. I didn’t find any but was excited to see two Chinese Grosbeak and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Three hours were spent in the local park on the 11th (covering c. 5km of trails) followed by ten hours there on the 17th, covering c. 9km of up-and-down trails. Weather on both dates was … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores I made a return visit to Ulleung Island to continue assessing migration strategies and to try to improve understanding of Ulleung’s “Big Three”: the Ulleung-endemic takahashii subspecies of White-backed Woodpecker; the globally Near Threatened Black … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar A quick weekend trip to Gageo over calm seas. List of selected birds observed. 1. Pomarine Skua – At least 4 skuas observed from the boat from Mokpo …. one of them being close enough … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores This was a short research trip to the heavily-forested, mountainous and isolated Ulleung Island, aiming to improve understanding of migration strategies, both across the East Sea and also across-island. Unfortunately only 2.5 days could be … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin
The boat trip was uneventful, relieved by a few Barn Swallows. On the island: a few more of these and 2 Red-rumped Swallows overhead. Birds seemed very scarce.
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Bird News from Patrick Blake with Peter Hirst I spent a nice afternoon birding around Gocheonnamho Lake in Haenam County with Peter Hirst. Waterfowl numbers were very low on the lake, with the most common species being Eurasian Wigeon (~300); … read more