Trip report by Philippe Malenfert and Jean-Jacques Guillou Read the magnificent trip report with about 150 species accounts and c. 60 bird and landscape images from their recent spring visit to Heuksan Island and Gageo Island which is now online … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry July is widely understood to be the hardest / quietest month for birding here. The weather is often hot and humid, or outright wet in years with a proper rainy season; there … read more
Belated Bird news from Todd Burrows During the period of the 1st to the 17th of June 2014 I visited the Sorae Marsh Ecological Park in Incheon almost daily for birdwatching and photography. I had easy access to the park … read more
Birds News from Nial Moores A few hours in the field ahead of the first typhoon of the year to reach Kyushu (just across the Korean Strait) found little moving on the sea, with only c. 100 Black-tailed Gull “blogging” … read more
Bird News by Jason Loghry After hearing about the Tufted Puffin found at Gochang, and then reading about ENSO-related seabird news in the last few days, I wonder if the ROK is likely to experience any other remarkable seabird sightings … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry, Charles Knight, and Mike Friel Despite a morning of continuous showers, we decided to visit Muju to check out some of its beautiful broad-leaf habitat. On our way, we crossed a bridge at the Nam … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry and Charles Knight We spent the afternoon watching birds at the main lake of Junam Reservoir on Saturday. The most numerous species observed was Eastern Spot-billed Duck, with 266+ on the lake. There were several … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry On both Saturday and Sunday, I spent a few hours at Hwapo. On Saturday, there was a light rain throughout the afternoon but it was light enough to enjoy a nice and quiet walk around … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin The need to change trains at Maseok was serendipitous: a Ruddy Kingfisher first heard then seen (!) from the subway platform when it flew across the green village valley. At the Eastern Tawny Owl site, … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry Some leisurely-paced birding in Busan from 5AM to ~5PM covered a range of habitats (forest, tidal-flats and freshwater wetland) and produced several excellent records. Nothing as rare as e.g. Asian Koel was … read more