Goeje, June 14
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
Bird Sightings
Gimhae, June 8-9
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
Goseong, Junam, Euguksa June 7
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
Weiyon-do, May 27-28
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
Yubu-do, May 27
Bird Report by Jason Loghry with Park Seonyeong and Bradlee Sulentic. As part of our research on the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper, our team set out early on Saturday morning to survey Yubu Island. It was a long day and … read more
Socheong Island, May 19-21
Bird News by Subhojit Chakladar Having read so much about the Spring Migration across the Yellow Sea, I was very excited about my first vacation in almost 8 months. Tempted by the stories of fellow birders, I decided to spend … read more
Goeje, May 19
Birds News by Jason Loghry with Lee Ki Soo and colleagues, later joined by Matt Poll Was a nice visit to Goeje in search of Black Paradise Flycatcher and Fairy Pitta. On the way, good views of an Oriental Dollarbird … read more
Weiyeon-do, May 12-17
Bird News from Nial Moores A total of 108 or 109 species were logged on this island between the afternoon of the 12th (when doing the World Migratory Bird Day Birdathon) and departure on the 17th. Although there were no … read more
Weiyeon-do, May 13
Bird News by Jason Loghry On Sunday, after such a remarkable day of birding, time allowed for longer views of most of the species we had observed on Saturday. New species seen included a brief glimpse of a Siberian Rubythroat, … read more
Aphae Island, May 6
Bird News from Dr. Kim Seok-Yee and Andreas Kim The weekly shorebird survey on Aphae Island on Sunday May 6th showed on the southern tidal-flat about 2000 Dunlin, less than 100 Grey Plover, c. 300 Red-necked Stint and very few … read more