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
Bird Report by Martin Sutherland and Kim Sona This is a summary of a month-long visit to South Korea between 12th December, 2011 and 10th January, 2012. As usual, we were based at Kim Sonas’s family home in Waegwan, Kyongbuk … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Counting from the wonderful January Pension produced a total of 1644 birds south in the first hour of light (between 0725 and 0825), with most numerous Temminck’s Cormorant (1086), Loons (326: almost all considered likely … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll It’s great to be back in Korea! I knew my new home on Geoje Island was going to be a promising spot for birds when I spotted a Black Kite on the car ride from … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry, joined later by young Korean birder, Kim Sae-min (aka Cody). Cody and I scanning for Relict Gull. With every intention of seeing a Relict Gull, I made an early morning of Dadaepo once again. To … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Much more birdy at sea compared to December, with birds of note including one Black-necked, one Red-necked and c. 15 Great Crested Grebes, 13 Ancient Murrelet and best of all a Rhinoceros Auklet (my personal … read more
First sunrise, Dadaepo. Photo © Jason Loghry. After a fast, fun night of celebration, I headed to Dadaepo to catch our first sun. Hundreds of other folks had the same idea. Quietly up the hill to the southern side, we … read more
Bird News from Nigel Marven and Nial Moores December 11th, Cheorwon-Arboretum-Geum River A cool, dry dawn (c. -7C) was followed by long sunny periods, and much greyer conditions on the west coast. The morning flight of cranes in Cheorwon … read more
Bird Report and photos by Mike Friel This morning was buzzing with birds in my home village, Majin, near Jinju. First, before 8am, the persimmon tree was being stalked for its last two fruit by Magpies, Brown-eared Bulbuls and a … read more
Bird News by Jason Loghry and Mike Friel Our morning started with 16 White-cheeked Starlings and 4 Common Starlings perched on some wires not far from the park. It was clear and although cold, pleasantly sunny. On the park grounds … read more