Feb282023
A short late afternoon hike along the trail leading to the summit of Inwangsan. I visited this area a few days back and had good views of Alpine Accentor. Decided to go back today and get some photographs. In addition to that species, a group of 5 + 2 Pallas’s Rosefinch was also observed.
The eBird checklist can be found here eBird Checklist – 28 Feb 2023 – 서울 인왕산(Seoul—Inwangsan (mountain)) – 9 species
(Introductory article written for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership as part of the 2022 Small Grant – written by Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea and IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group with translation of Korean version by Lee Su-Young, … read more
글: 나일 무어스, 새와 생명의 터 대표, IUCN SSC 멸종위기종 물새전문가그룹 강기슭 가까이, 물 위로 납작하게 뜬 채, 호사비오리 한 마리가 쉬고 있다. 우거진 나무 그늘 아래, 들쭉날쭉한 돌들 사이에 있어 잘 보이지 않는다. 잠에서 깬 호사비오리는 조용히 우리들로부터 멀어지고, … read more
Baeksasil Valley, bordering Buam-dong and Pyeongchang-dong in Seoul, is not only famous as a summer retreat in the 19th century, with some remaining ruins, but also as a protected area, in particular due to Korean salamanders living around the clear … read more
글: 새와 생명의 터 대표, 나일 무어스 박사 2004년 공식 출범한 새와 생명의 터는 2023년 1월 기준, 국내·외 정회원수가 300여명에 불과한 소규모 NGO이다. 지난해부터 연천지부가 출범하여 국내에는 2곳(부산소재 사무국. 경기도 연천지부)을 활동 기점으로 운영하고 있다. 독자적으로 활동하는 단체지만 보전 활동의 … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea Launched formally in 2004, Birds Korea is a small, legally-registered NGO with only about 300 members, and since last year, two branches (national in Busan, and local in Yeoncheon). Although fully independent, much of … read more
Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi, Dr. Bernhard Seliger (both Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea), and Eunjeong Lee, Eunjeong Kim, Insook Jeon, Donguk Han (EcoKorea), Maddie Joyce (Royal Holloway, University of London) Thanks to EcoKorea we were able to enter the CCZ in … read more
Birds News by Bernhard Seliger A not-yet-so-cold post-Seollal day in Cheolwon started with great views of the nature rising from mists in the winter sun and trumpeting cranes overhead, on their way from roosts in the DMZ to the rice paddies … read more