Bird News from Nial Moores Following news breaking on February 4th of Korea’s first Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus, a short trip to Ganseo Eco-Park on the southern bank of the Han River under overcast skies with light snow flurries. Decent views of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Brad Sulentic After overnight snow, there were long sunny periods and mild conditions (maximum of 7C) along the Gangwon Coast. Three exceptional highlights this day included a Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus, an adult American … read more
Birds News by Jason Loghry Having a late start, the early afternoon sky was clear and winds seemed low. It was a typical day at Junam, with several flocks of Greater White-fronted Geese (300+) scattered about the rice fields mixed … read more
Selected Highlights from Nial Moores with “Team Denmark” (Jens Thalund, Morten Jenrich Hansen and Ole Amstrup) on January 25th-27th and with Frederic Domenjoud and Bernard “Le Professeur” Shabert on 27th-30th. January 30th, Suncheon Bay and Joonam Reservoir A mild -2C … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar My quest for waxwings continues, and so does the failure to locate them! The only bird of note at the Seoul Olympic Park were a couple of Treecreepers. I spent some time scanning each and … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar The day started at the Ilsan Lake Park with a visiting birder from Hong Kong, in search of waxwings. However, close to 1.5hrs of search failed to locate any waxwings (even in the right kind … read more
Selected bird news from Nial Moores “Team Albatros” (Jürgen Schneider, Dr. Klaus Handke, Heidi & Manfred Reetz, Dr. Peter Berndt, Norbert van Bebber, Dr. Lothar Biesert and Dr. Nial Moores) “birded Korea” between January 11th and January 23rd. In weather … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar Full day of birding at different spots that I used to visit more frequently in the past. At dawn, the stream coming out of the Reed Park in Ansan was completely frozen over. There was … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar and Bradlee Sulentic As a part of our effort to understand and count Scaly-sided Mergansers, we have been surveying a particular stretch of the river extending over several tens of kilometers. Starting early in the … read more
Bird News from Spike Millington On Saturday I thought I would try to overgrown area of Incheon Golf Course in the hope of connecting with Eurasian Bullfinch, which everyone seems to be seeing everywhere. This always a very birdy area … read more