On the river in Pohang, best were two Saunders\u2019s Gull<\/strong> and eight Northern Lapwing<\/strong>; while on the peninsula, we found an interesting (or a perhaps quite typical Little Egret?<\/strong>), at least 12 Light-vented Bulbul, <\/strong>a couple of accentors (only one of which was certainly a Siberian Accentor<\/strong>\u2026),\u00a0 one or two Blue Rock Thrush <\/strong>and a nice selection of gulls to look through, which will only get better once more properly seasonal weather reaches us (perhaps next week?).<\/p>\n There was also evidence of some landbirds still on the move, with perhaps ten Common Kestrel<\/strong> and five Eastern Buzzard<\/strong> seen; and several high-flying groups of passerines seen or heard, including a few probable Hawfinch<\/strong> and at least one high-flying group of nine Eastern Great Tit<\/strong> heading south.<\/p>\n Selected counts of birds on \/ over the sea made by NM during the day from eleven points included:<\/p>\n Mandarin Duck<\/strong>\uc6d0\uc559 1<\/p>\n Greater Scaup<\/strong> \uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\ud770\uc8fd\uc9c0 11<\/p>\n Harlequin Duck<\/strong> \ud770\uc904\ubc15\uc774\uc624\ub9ac 51<\/p>\n Asiatic White-winged Scoter<\/strong> \uac80\ub465\uc624\ub9ac\uc0ac\ucd0c 165<\/p>\n Long-tailed Duck<\/strong> \ubc14\ub2e4\uafe9 1 (an adult female)<\/p>\n Smew<\/strong> \ud770\ube44\uc624\ub9ac 2<\/p>\n Red-breasted Merganser<\/strong> \ubc14\ub2e4\ube44\uc624\ub9ac 101<\/p>\n Red-throated Loon<\/strong> \uc544\ube44 2<\/p>\n Arctic Loon<\/strong> \ud070\ud68c\uc0c9\uba38\ub9ac\uc544\ube44 4<\/p>\n Streaked Shearwater<\/strong> \uc2b4\uc0c8 c<\/em>. 45<\/p>\n Large all-dark shearwater (either Flesh-footed or Sooty) 1<\/p>\n Red-necked Grebe<\/strong> \ud070\ub17c\ubcd1\uc544\ub9ac 3<\/p>\n Great Crested Grebe<\/strong> \ubfd4\ub17c\ubcd1\uc544\ub9ac 71<\/p>\n Black-necked Grebe<\/strong> \uac80\uc740\ubaa9\ub17c\ubcd1\uc544\ub9ac 369<\/p>\n Pelagic Cormorant<\/strong> \uc1e0\uac00\ub9c8\uc6b0\uc9c0 16<\/p>\n Great Cormorant<\/strong> \ubbfc\ubb3c\uac00\ub9c8\uc6b0\uc9c0 35 presumably of this species that flew south into the bay, before flying back north around the headland and then south again along the coast<\/p>\n Temminck\u2019s Cormorant<\/strong> \uac00\ub9c8\uc6b0\uc9c0 40<\/p>\n Eurasian Coot<\/strong> \ubb3c\ub2ed 25<\/p>\n Black-legged Kittiwake<\/strong> \uc138\uac00\ub77d\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 30+ (including 5+ juveniles)<\/p>\n Black-headed Gull<\/strong> \ubd89\uc740\ubd80\ub9ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 17,400 in one huge and dense feeding flock in the evening and 500 elsewhere around the headland<\/p>\n Black-tailed Gull<\/strong> \uad2d\uc774\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 c. 2,000<\/p>\n Common Gull<\/strong> \uac08\ub9e4\uae30 15+<\/p>\n Glaucous Gull<\/strong> \ud770\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 1<\/p>\n Vega Gull<\/strong> \uc7ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 c. 500<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull<\/strong> \ud55c\uad6d\uc7ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 3+<\/p>\n Slaty-backed Gull<\/strong> \ud070\uc7ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 40+<\/p>\n Taimyr Gull<\/strong> \uc904\ubb34\ub2ac\ub178\ub791\ubc1c\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 c<\/em>. 20+<\/p>\n Ancient Murrelet<\/strong> \ubc14\ub2e4\uc1e0\uc624\ub9ac 1,010 (small flocks of 15-30 were passing south off the outer headland once every couple of minutes in the late afternoon: a whole day count from there would likely have recorded several thousand birds)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bird News from Nial Moores, Jason Loghry, Ha Jeung Mun and Seo Hae-Min. 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<\/a>Little Egret<\/strong> Egretta garzetta<\/em> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n<\/a>Blue Rock Thrush<\/strong> Monticola solitarius philippensis<\/em> \u00a9 Jason Loghry<\/p>\n<\/a>Harbour birding \u00a9 Jason Loghry<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Black-tailed Gull<\/strong> Larus crassirostris<\/em> \u00a9 Jason Loghry<\/p>\n<\/a>Slaty-backed Gull<\/strong> Larus schistisagus<\/em> \u00a9 Jason Loghry<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Vega Gull<\/strong> Larus vegae<\/em> (showing a little of the range of iris shade\/ speckling) \u00a9 Jason Loghry<\/p>\n<\/a>Taimyr Gull<\/strong> Larus heuglini taimyrensis<\/em> (note bright bare parts colour; paleish eye; type of streaking and speckling, without any of the “thumbprints” on head and breast sides of Vega<\/em>; and state of primary wear) \u00a9 Jason Loghry<\/p>\n<\/a>Guryongpo-style: squid-watching or looking at gulls?<\/p>\n