Geoje-do, November 20
Bird news from Matt Poll Japanese Robin Erithacus akahige. Photo © Matt Poll. I spent a wonderful few hours of crisp birding in a quiet valley near Gohyeon. The valley has been quite productive for birds over the … read more
Bird Sightings
Socheong Island, November 17 and 18
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar The Prelude What a weekend it has been. Started with me loosing my camera bag as I dragged my sleep deprived body off the train at Dong-Incheon station! It took me a few minutes to … read more
Geoje-do, November 6-11
Bird news from Matt Poll Tuesday 6th The Winter Wrens have arrived in force on Geoje! I saw nine noisy and scrappy examples on one small stream, and it seemed like they were scuffling over prime habitat. A single female … read more
Gageo Island, Shinan County (Part Three), November 2nd-November 7
Selected Bird Survey highlights from Nial Moores In total 111 species were recorded during this period (out of a grand total of 146 species recorded on Gageo between October 21st and November 7th). Counts were made daily along the 1-Gu … read more
Deokjeok Island, November 3
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar I returned to Deokjeok-do to check out the areas that I surveyed last weekend. Being nearer to shore means I could spend more time actually birding rather than traveling on the ferry, as is the … read more
Gageo Island, Shinan County (Part Two), October 27 – November 1
Selected Bird Survey highlights from Nial Moores In total 110 species recorded, with between 66 and 83 species recorded daily. Winds remained stubbornly to the north or northeast, and skies largely fair, with the only precipitation being several rain showers … read more
Deokjeok Island, October 28
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick day-trip to Deokjeok-do, one of the onshore islands, an hours ferry ride from Incheon, provided an ideal way to make most of a wonderful and sunny Sunday. Even though not as good as … read more
Geoje-do, week of October 21-28
Bird News from Matt Poll It’s starting to feel like late fall in Korea, with crisp temperatures at night. It’s also been a fruitful week of birding on Geoje, with over 60 species seen. The ducks of winter have started … read more
Taejongdae, Busan, October 28
Bird News from Jason Loghry After a long, rainy, bird-less Saturday, I woke up early and headed to the park for some Sunday fun day. Eastern Great Tit were in good numbers, and there was a noticeable presence of Goldcrest … read more
Gageo Island, Shinan County, October 21-26
Selected Birding highlights from Nial Moores Over 100 species recorded between October 21st and 26th, with 86 species recorded on October 24th (when both 1-Gu and 2-Gu were surveyed). In addition to high numbers of winter finches (e.g. 1,100 Eurasian … read more