Bird News by Jason Loghry Surveying Yubu-do most specifically for Spoon-billed Sandpiper, some difficulty was had as human pressure was notably high. Due to disturbance, birds flushed on several occasions at high tide on both days of the survey, including … read more
Bird news by Subhojit Chakladar Every time a typhoon hits the Korean peninsula, I’m tempted to go on a pelagic immediately afterwards in search of exotic seabirds. This trip to Weiyon-do was primarily for searching seabirds from the ferry. The … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores On Saturday 22nd in light southerlies with 7/10 cloud cover, seawatching from the north of Igidae found 55 large white-headed gulls moving south between 1420 and 1700, with additional highlights a juvenile Parasitic Jaeger south … read more
Bird News by Bradlee Sulentic Took a trip to Seosan Lake A with my son Anthony and a good friend, Theo. It was Theo’s first birding trip, so I focused on giving him a memorable day instead of doing a … read more
Bird News by Jason Loghry There is nothing more rewarding than finishing a good day of work with a great afternoon of birding – especially during this comparatively birdy migration season. At Bungsunsan, Grey-Streaked and Dark-sided Flycatchers have been consistently … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Following the passage of Typhoon Samba about 150km to the west of Busan on 17th, much of the 18th was spent looking at the sea. Conditions were bright under occasional cloud, with a still moderate southerly … read more
Highlights from Nial Moores, Kevin Johnson, Vince Smith, Therese Catanach and Kazunori Yoshizawa. A belated report on a week in the field, at Seosan (25th), Mokpo, Heuksan Island (26th-29th), Gocheonnam (30th), the Geum Estuary (31st) and several sites between Jeonju … read more
Bird News by Jason Loghry It’s been another marvellous week for birding, but this time in my own neighbourhood. I was tipped off a few months back that Bunsungsan is a reliable spot for migrating flycatchers, great for raptor watching, … read more
Bird news by Subhojit Chakladar with Bradlee Sulentic and Jason Loghry A fantastic weekend of birding along the west coast. Starting early on a hot. humid Saturday, Brad and I spent some time around the Seosan lake A. Highlights included … read more
Bird News from “Team Entomology” (Rob Wiedenmann, Jason Chapman, Ian Denholm, Alistair Drake, Don Reynolds) and Nial Moores. Four days of birding in above-average temperatures (with daily maxima of between 29C and 34C) found almost 100 species in total. These … read more