Bird News from Ju Yung-Ki Surveying ongoing destruction of this once vast intertidal wetland, found a small group of White-naped Crane and one adult Siberian Crane. There were three different Siberian Cranes in the country late last year: is this … read more
Bird News by Bradlee Sulentic with Dr. Nial Moores, Ju Yong-ki Nim, Jason Loghry, Tim Edelsten, Matt Poll and Subhojit Chakladar Ancient Murrelets Synthliboramphus antiquus. Photo © Subhojit Chakladar. I had the opportunity to spend the weekend with six fellow … read more
Bird News by Matt Poll with Trenton Sheridan Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus. Photo © Matt Poll. Taking advantage of some mild weather and a day off, I drove up to the northwest corner of Geoje Island. In Hacheong Harbour there … read more
Birds News by Jason Loghry with Simon Downing and Jack Dryden I woke up a bit after sunrise, for a quiet wintry walk along the reeds of Suncheon Bay. They were golden and swaying to the soft, cold wind. On … read more
Bird News from Mike Knox and Nial Moores Cheorwon-NE River, February 12th Another day of glorious, windless sunshine, and some great birds. Overnight temperatures fell to -12C (rather milder than forecast), and the maximum briefly reached zero or even … read more
Birds News by Subhojit Chakladar The Uiwang reservoir and some of the adjoining channels were frozen. Waterfowl in the unfrozen parts included the usual Spot-Billed Ducks and Mallards. There were also a group of Rooks on the frozen part of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores and Park Meena Gyeongju and Guryongpo Peninsula, February 3rd Day One of a five-day survey of sites that have held Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus found a lot of ongoing construction, and no scalies. Happily, a … read more
Bird Report by Martin Sutherland and Kim Sona This is the final part of the summary of our month-long visit to South Korea between 12th December, 2011 and 10th January, 2012 and involves the region around Kim Sonas’s family home … read more
Bird Report by Martin Sutherland and Kim Sona 2nd and 4th to 6th January, 2012: South-east coast from Suncheon Bay to Nakdong estuary. On 2nd January a day trip with family from Waegwan to Upo Wetland and Junam. Being a … read more
Bird Report by Martin Sutherland and Kim Sona December 16th and 26th to 29th, 2011: East coast from Gampo north to Hwajinpo. On December 16th we made a day trip to the Guryongpo peninsula where a young drake Harlequin Duck … read more