Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii in Busan: August 1st-2nd 2012 Nial Moores (NM), August 3rd. On August 1st, Jason Loghry and NM watched an adult Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii offshore from Igidae, Busan. Although it was too distant … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry and Nial Moores Awesome day for sea-watching. Greater Crested Tern mixed in a flock of Black-tailed Gulls! Second or third record for the ROK? There were about 1000 Black-tailed Gulls, 80+ Streaked Shearwater, 20 Black-headed … read more
Bird news from Jason Loghry later joined by Shane and Yoli Park Despite the rain, I had an early start on Saturday. Although it wasn’t the safest condition for a bike ride, I couldn’t resist continuing my search for crakes … read more
Bird News from Mike Friel I went early to a temple site and within minutes, at 7:25am, the first Ruddy Kingfisher I have seen in Korea wheeled up to an overhanging branch nearby, as if to check out the intruder. … read more
Bird News from Betty Slade, David Cole and Nial Moores (joined by Jason Loghry on June 24th). Although mid-late June is NOT the best time for birding in the ROK, an enjoyable eight days in the field took us … read more
Bird News by Subhojit Chakladar My first visit to the Uiwang reservoir in more than 2 months revealed dramatically reduced water content due to lack of rain. A leisurely walk along the southern bank and sometimes on the dried out … read more
Bird News by Nial Moores Following the discovery of Black Woodpigeon on a small island off Geoje in early April by Birds Korean Mr. Matt Poll (many thanks!), a quick trip to the same island found 12 in all, with … read more
Birds News by Jason Loghry Last week I was tipped off about an area within Gimhae that might be good habitat for forest birds – near the Gaya Country Club. I decided to have a gander. Southwest past the golf … read more
Birds News by Jason Loghry with Lee Ki Soo A lovely day of birding began near a temple in the Goseong area. Two weeks earlier, Mr. Lee Ki Soo had observed a pair of Ruddy Kingfishers at the temple. We … read more
Bird News by Subhojit Chakladar with Jason Loghry The second consecutive week searching for Locustella warblers ended in failure but the effort turned up some pleasant surprises, including as many as 5 lifers for me. Weiyon-do is a delightful little … read more