Bird News from Andreas Kim The first check for this spring migration season revealed a small number of shorebirds on the southern tidal-flat: 113Bar-tailed Godwit (one leg-flagged from New Zealand, one from Victoria Australia), 13 Great Knot (one leg-flagged), 11 Far-eastern Curlew, c. 30 Dunlin; … read more
Mara-do, Jeju, March 22 Bird News from Matt Poll Largely the same feeling today on Mara when compared with last Saturday. The Oriental Plovers were missed, and a few new birds were noted, like Black-crowned Night Heron, Hoopoe, Eurasian Wren, … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A short weekend trip to check out the status of the spring migration. All observations confined to the southern section of the island around the main village. Birds of note are as follows: 1. Streaked … read more
Bird News from Bernadette Kolb, Omar Naji and Nial Moores During the week of 14th-22nd, several birding hotspots were visited, in weather that ranged from very windy and quite cold (especially on the 20th) to sunny and seasonally warm (most … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin An afternoon visit to the mountain under mild sunshine: birds included various Varied, Great, Marsh and Long-tailed Tits, some seen and some heard; several Eurasian Nuthatches, a small flock of Yellow-throated Buntings, a distant calling … read more
Bird News from Spike Millington A flock of Eurasian Curlews and a few Eastern Oystercatchers has been the sum of the shorebird entertainment over the winter at Songdo, so it was great to visit the Gojan mudflats over the weekend … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll Arctic Loon Gavia arctica; 20+ near Sagye harbour Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas; five from the ferry (early?) Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus; 90+ near the ferry harbour at Sagye Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus; two confiding … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Im Kwang Wan We visited Gangeso’s River Park to check on the Short-eared Owls. Near dusk, two emerged to course above the fields, sometimes perching in the near distance. Also in the area: 2 … read more
Bird News from Dr. Kim Seok-Yee and Andreas Kim A short 45 minutes visit after lunchtime found the site at maximum high tide with sunny and windy conditions. Most birds enjoyed the warming sun in roosting positions. Unfortunately a new … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll At ‘Redpoll Hill’, a brief sighting of a Yellow-browed Warbler on March 4th was followed by a much better listen/look at three individuals on March 13th. On the same day, a single Goldcrest was seen … read more