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
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