Mr. Jo Seong-sik Nim observed and photographed this albino Eurasian Nuthatch at a park in Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do. To enlarge any of the following, just click on the image. Why are albinos such a rare sight? Like most reported albinos, this … read more
Birds News from Mike Friel and Jason Loghry Birding Socheong-do for the first time was quite exciting. From the ferry, it wasn’t until we arrived closer to the island that we saw any sea birds. These included Pomarine Skua, Streaked … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten with Shim Kyu-Sik Notably on the crossing, 17 Pomarine Skua (including a “flock” of 8), up to 70 Streaked Shearwater, 500+ Black-legged Kittiwake (mostly concentrated in rafts near the island), and 5 Flesh-footed Shearwater. On … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten with Lee Ye-Da, Lee Eun-Ju & Lee Hyun-Sook Although birding was secondary, it didn’t take much to notice several Chinese Egret, Whimbrels and a Eurasian Curlew at Sonjae-do: fortunately there also remains fairly extensive mudflat … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten Most encouraging of 34 species in an afternoon at Yongyu bay, a gathering of between 1300 -1500 Barn Swallows ranked along the telegraph wires, (with 900+ counted perched and a large number simultaneously in the … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Rainer Ertel and Herman Reinhardt From a fishing boat, an excellent day’s birding, with close encounters with two of 20 Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel, 200+ Common Tern (showing a range of bare part coloration), single Flesh-footed … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores & Jason Loghry Between 1530 and 1830, in N4-6 winds, a dozen or so Streaked Shearwater north, c. 6 large white-headed gulls south (including one Taimyr Gull) but only one Common Tern. Open areas and … read more
By Dominic Le Croissette and Sarah Hoover. Two days spent hiking the majority of the trails on the island, in mostly cool, cloudy weather conditions. Out of only 30 species seen, there was just a trickle of migration in evidence … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Two hours of seawatching in fair conditions (with S/SE3 winds and 20% cloud cover) found 425 Common Tern “blogging” (but no sign of 2 White-wingeds and one Whiskered seen the day before), small numbers of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (later with Jason Loghry) With winds at N/NE 5-6, a very strong northward movement of Streaked Shearwater first noted at 10am. Counting was conducted between 1500 and 1800, and sample counts each hour recorded 1,000 … read more