Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi, Dr. Bernhard Seliger (both Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea), and Eunjeong Lee, Eunjeong Kim, Insook Jeon, Donguk Han (EcoKorea), Maddie Joyce (Royal Holloway, University of London) Thanks to EcoKorea we were able to enter the CCZ in … read more
Birds News by Bernhard Seliger A not-yet-so-cold post-Seollal day in Cheolwon started with great views of the nature rising from mists in the winter sun and trumpeting cranes overhead, on their way from roosts in the DMZ to the rice paddies … read more
Some belated birdwatching tour highlights from Dr Nial Moores (with all images below digiscoped and copyright of Nial Moores and Birds Korea – as I have yet to receive any of the much better images from either group!). I first … read more
Prof. Dr. Amaël Borzée (Nanjing Forestry University) and Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, Birds Korea) A pleasant two-day survey highlighted by discussion about future projects regarding the ecology of Korea. However, also sadly once more showing the precariousness of Korea´s … read more
A rather spontaneous decision to do some birding brought me rather late (around 11.30 a.m.) to Sannam wetland. I thought it might be rather empty during daytime and a weekend, but there was a lot of disturbance from walkers and … read more
Birds News by Leslie Hurteau, with additional commentary by Nial Moores On Sunday November 4th and Monday November 5th, some time was spent in the field birdwatching with Dr. Nial Moores, who was visiting Jeju Island for work related reasons. … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A fairly underwhelming week plus some in generally mild and unremarkable weather on Baengyeong Island, with a total of 146 or so species logged including one or two new island records: globally Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) and Marshall Iliff (eBird) Counts and all species lists are posted / will be posted on eBird. On 11th, an early start at Junam Reservoir found half-a-dozen Pheasant-tailed Jacana and a good spread … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, Birds Korea), Jeongmin Khil (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea) and Prof. Dr. Tomasz Wierzbowski (HUFS) Parks sometimes can be teaming with birds, either because of a lack of suitable other habitat in cities, or because the have genuinely … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (both Birds Korea and Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea) with Jeongmin Khil and Sabine Leykam (HSF Korea) Gochang in Jeollabukdo, a county at the Yellow Sea, still has vast tidal flats and beautiful rice-field areas. As part … read more