Selected Bird News from Nial Moores, on some dates with Matt Poll and Robin Newlin Arriving at midday on the 16th, survey effort by NM on Baekryeong Island has ranged from a minimum 5 hours up to a maximum 17 … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin From the boat, one flock of about 12 Northern Phalaropes before fog made viewing difficult. On Socheong, fog continued; the overall impression was that there were relatively few birds around. One male Taiga Flycatcher bathed … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry with Lee Ki Su The morning sky was partly cloudy as we headed for the small island of Maemul-do, off of Goeje. As we grew closer to the island, 10 Pacific Loon passed us in … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Mark Harris (and Matt Poll on 13 and 14 dawn) Three days of great birding – at the Geum Estuary on May 13th; Yubu island at dawn on 14th, then the Geum Barrage, Boryeong … read more
Bird News from Andreas Kim The staging season for Bar-tailed Godwit is slowly coming to an end. A group with green flagged “AFD” which had been here since April 9 was not seen for the last 4 days, while c. … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Meeting up with the Nakdong Eco-School team (working full-time in the Nakdong, at present under the auspices of Birds Korea), took the boat kindly captained by Mr. Jeon Shi-Jin to undertake a shorebird survey. The … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin First off the boat on the 7th, the island seemed pretty birdy (also many many bird photographers). A list to augment (before and after) Tim Edelsten’s. One Bluethroat in the pond. Also in the pond, … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten In 48 hours on the Island (also at times accompanied by Robin Newlin) I recorded 78 species, including one or two especially interesting finds. Weather was dry, clear and sunny, with south-westerly winds-allowing for some … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin First off the boat on the 7th, the island seemed pretty birdy (also many many bird photographers). A list to augment (before and after) Tim Edelsten’s. One Bluethroat in the pond. Also in the pond, several Red-throated Pipits, … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll On May 9th I spotted and photographed an odd-looking minivet that looked good for a Ryukyu Minivet. After having the images looked at by several experts with experience of the species in Japan, the bird … read more