Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 20th 2017 On May 20th 2017, NM and three visiting bird conservationists from Belgium (Joost Mertens, Marc Van Mierlo and Miguel Demeulemeester) were searching for migrants in an extensive area of bushy, dried-out reedy … read more
Shorebird Research Update 3 from Jason Loghry Well, we are now in mid-June and I am back in Korea after having spent another great season of field work on the Chinese coast of the Yellow Sea. My last few weeks … read more
Shorebird Research Update 2 from Jason Loghry,with Zhang Shoudong, Yang Yi, Yu Jiangping, Carmen Huang, and David Melville Happy May birding to everyone. As you can imagine, it’s been quite busy here with field work. Still, we are well overdue … read more
Shorebird Research Update from Jason Loghry, working with Zhang Shoudong & Bai Qing Quan It feels great to be back on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF). I’m here back again at Yalu Jiang, more formally known as the Dandong Yalu … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea Based on information made available to Birds Korea, approximately 167 species of bird had been confirmed as breeding at least once in the ROK by 2015, with an additional 13 or so species suspected of … read more
In May 2016, Emu (journal of Austral Ornithology) published a special volume with the heading “The East Asian–Australasian Flyway: Population Trends, Threats and the Future”. The volume (Volume 116 Number 2 2016) included one paper from Korea entitled, “Reclamation of … read more
Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea) & Birds Korea Marine bird Survey: Goseong County, Gangwon Province, April 20th-21st and May 11th-12th 2016 Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, May 13th/May 24th, 2016 Marine bird survey was conducted as part of research on … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Birds Korea Member) with Felix Glenk, both Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea While the eyes of the world these months focus on the DPRK (perhaps better-known as North Korea internationally) for political reasons, the DPRK’s role on the East Asian-Australasian … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 3rd 2016 Following on from a very successful early-spring survey in March 2014 of the internationally important wetlands in Rason on the Korean side of the Tumen Floodplain, arrangements were made with what were … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, July 22nd 2015 (with further edits on July 27th) Even while details of the first finder wait to be fully confirmed (please!), it is clear that the Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus in Hadong, Jeollanam Province this summer … read more