{"id":11686,"date":"2014-02-10T09:01:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11686"},"modified":"2014-02-13T15:48:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T06:48:17","slug":"mokpo-namhang-urban-wetland-february-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11686","title":{"rendered":"Mokpo Namhang Urban Wetland, February 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Andreas Kim<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mokpo Namhang Urban Wetland at present is mostly populated by ducks, but there had been significant change to previous years. With last year\u2019s start of several construction activities the habitats have seen some changes which influence directly species staying on the site. Most numerous today were\u00a0Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/b>\u00a0with c. 350 while\u00a0Mallard<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Eurasian Wigeon<\/b>\u00a0in previous years had max-counts of over 300, today only less than 30 of each were seen. Also\u00a0Eurasian Teal<\/b>\u2018s number has declined dramatically from former c. 900 down to c. 150 this winter. The removal of the former reed-bed in in the area (P4) (if more information on the four habitat areas P1-P4 is needed, please refer to the habitat page of the\u00a0Mokpo Namhang Urban Wetland<\/a>) had taken away the important shelter for Northern Shoveler<\/b>\u00a0so that only 7 were seen today, less than 10% of former max counts. The reed-bed was also used by over 50 Black-crowned Night Heron which of course haven\u2019t been on the site this winter. Several platforms on the natural tidal area (P1) were used by ducks and c. 30\u00a0Great Cormorants<\/b>\u00a0as roosting place. A flock of c. 300 Black-headed Gull<\/b>\u00a0and about 40\u00a0Gadwall<\/b>\u00a0were seen. The lagoons (P2 and P3) didn\u2019t have many birds. In P2 a fewGrey Heron<\/b>\u00a0and ducks (Eurasian teal and Eastern Spot-billed Duck) stayed in very shallow water while in P3 a flock of c. 60\u00a0Vega Gull<\/b>\u00a0and about as many\u00a0Common Shelduck<\/b>\u00a0(also 18 in P4) were the only ones seen. In the adjacent areas with grass and trees small numbers of\u00a0White Wagtail<\/b>,\u00a0Grey-capped Greenfinch<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Olive-backed Pipit<\/b>were present. Two dead\u00a0Eurasian Magpie<\/b>\u00a0were found under some trees, one apparently dead for some time and one very recent.<\/p>\n

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Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/b>\u00a0Anas zonorhyncha<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mallard<\/b>\u00a0Anas platyrhynchos<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eurasian Wigeon<\/b>\u00a0Anas penelope<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eurasian Wigeon<\/b>\u00a0Anas penelope<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Grey Heron<\/b>\u00a0Ardea cinerea<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Western Great Egret<\/b>\u00a0Ardea alba alba<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Great Cormorant<\/b>\u00a0Phalacrocorax carbo<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Great Cormorant<\/b>\u00a0Phalacrocorax carbo<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Black-headed Gull<\/b>\u00a0Chroicocephalus ridibundus<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gadwall<\/b>\u00a0Anas strepera<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Common Shelduck<\/b>\u00a0Tadorna tadorna<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eurasian Teal<\/b>\u00a0Anas crecca<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vega Gull<\/b>\u00a0Larus vegae<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Areas P2 left and P3 right, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Despite construction\u00a0Vega Gull<\/b>s and\u00a0Common Shelduck<\/b>\u00a0still use the area P3, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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P4, the construction of a new building, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eurasian Magpie<\/b>\u00a0Pica pica<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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