A few more details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Common Goldeneye<\/strong> Bucephala clangula <\/em>\ud770\ubea8\uc624\ub9ac. A female-plumaged type bird was seen (and digi-scoped appallingly!) in Asan Bay on 5th<\/sup>. \u00a0This is the first summer-month record that I know of in the ROK of this widespread winter species, usually arriving here in late October. It is tempting to imagine that this bird might have been pushed down from some montane river in northern DPRK by flooding, as the species was documented breeding in such areas many decades ago.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Common Goldeneye<\/strong>, Asan Bay, August 5th \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Great Crested Grebe<\/strong> Podiceps cristatus <\/em>\ubfd4\ub17c\ubcd1\uc544\ub9ac. Still a few birds remaining in breeding plumage in the FNS.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Great Crested Grebe<\/strong>, Hwaseong FNS \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Far Eastern Oystercatcher<\/strong> Haematopus<\/em> [ostralegus<\/em>] osculans<\/em> \uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8 (NT) \u00a0In the FNS, 623 were counted on August 6th<\/sup>, including at least 38 juveniles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Far Eastern Oys<\/strong>tercatcher, adult left, juvenile right \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Greater Sand Plover <\/strong>Charadrius leschenaultii<\/em> \ud070\uc655\ub208\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8. A maximum of three were in the FNS, including the first two juveniles of the year here.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Adult Greater Sand Plover <\/strong>with adult Mongolian Plover<\/strong> and Red-necked Stint<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Far Eastern Curlew <\/strong>Numenius madagascariensis<\/em> \uc54c\ub77d\uaf2c\ub9ac\ub9c8\ub3c4\uc694 (EN) Evidence of major departures, and the arrival still of a maximum of only four (stunning but rather clumsy) juveniles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Juvenile Far Eastern Curlew<\/strong>, Hwaseong FNS \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Eurasian Curlew <\/strong>Numenius arquata<\/em> \ub9c8\ub3c4\uc694 <\/strong>(NT). The steady increase in number continues, with 3,700 counted in the FNS on August 5th<\/sup>. A flock in Asan Bay contained one leucistic curlew.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Mixed curlew flock at the FNS \u00a9 Jung Hanchul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rs2000-leucoecuDSC01808-1024x698.jpg\")
Leucistic Eurasian<\/strong> (or Far Eastern?) Curlew<\/strong>, Asan Bay, August 7th \u00a9 Nial Moores.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Curlew Sandpiper <\/strong>Calidris ferruginea<\/em> \ubd89\uc740\uac2f\ub3c4\uc694 (NT). An adult in partial breeding plumage in the FNS on the 6th<\/sup> and 7th<\/sup>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Pectoral Sandpiper <\/strong>Calidris melanotos<\/em> \uc544\uba54\ub9ac\uce74\uba54\ucd94\ub77c\uae30\ub3c4\uc694. An adult on 5th<\/sup> in Asan Bay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Nordmann\u2019s Greenshank <\/strong>Tringa guttifer<\/em> \uccad\ub2e4\ub9ac\ub3c4\uc694\uc0ac\ucd0c (EN). Two (or three) logged on 7th. One probably present from 5th.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Saunders\u2019s Gull <\/strong>Chroicocephalus saundersi<\/em> \uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 <\/strong>(VU). A high count of 28 (including 17 juveniles) in the FNS, with 113 also logged in Asan Bay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Juvenile Saunders’s Gull<\/strong>, Hwaseong FNS \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Mongolian Gull <\/strong>Larus mongolicus<\/em> \ud55c\uad6d\uc7ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30. At least 450 massed in Asan Bay, with a great range of plumages \u2013 including brown-washed juveniles, worn juveniles progressing into First-winter, Second summers, and adults. The flock also contained a rather unseasonal Slaty-backed Gull.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Juvenile Mongolian Gull<\/strong> at Hwaseong FNS (on left) with adult Black-tailed Gull <\/strong>\u00a9 Nial Moores. Already, the very broad white tertial fringe looks work and even perhaps a little ragged.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rs2000gullsDSC01417-1024x699.jpg\")
Mongolian Gull flock with worn sub-adult Slaty-backed Gull<\/strong>, Asan Bay \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Black-faced Spoonbill <\/strong>Platalea minor<\/em> \uc800\uc5b4\uc0c8 (EN). A flock of 102 at the FNS, and several groups totalling 240 in Asan Bay on 7th<\/sup>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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“Romantic feathered dinosaurs”: Black-faced Spoonbills<\/strong>, Hwaseong FNS \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n - Chinese Egret<\/strong> Egretta eulophotes<\/em> \ub178\ub791\ubd80\ub9ac\ubc31\ub85c VU. Close encounters with a loose flock of 68 \u2013 including good numbers of juveniles – in the FNS on the 6th<\/sup> was the highest count.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Group of Chinese Egret<\/strong>, with single Little Egret<\/strong> (note the much longer tibia, or upper leg) \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n A much more detailed report on the survey has already been shared with the EAAFP office, and is available to Birds Koreans on request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bird News from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) with Jung Hanchul and Park Hea-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM) The fourth in ten or so surveys of shorebirds and other waterbirds at the Hwaseong Flyway Network Site (FNS) as part of the EAAFP-Hwaseong City … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":23486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,10],"tags":[1026],"class_list":["post-23492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-sightings","category-conservation","tag-hwaseong-fns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23492"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23498,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23492\/revisions\/23498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Chinese Egret<\/strong> Egretta eulophotes<\/em> \ub178\ub791\ubd80\ub9ac\ubc31\ub85c VU. Close encounters with a loose flock of 68 \u2013 including good numbers of juveniles – in the FNS on the 6th<\/sup> was the highest count.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Black-faced Spoonbill <\/strong>Platalea minor<\/em> \uc800\uc5b4\uc0c8 (EN). A flock of 102 at the FNS, and several groups totalling 240 in Asan Bay on 7th<\/sup>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Mongolian Gull <\/strong>Larus mongolicus<\/em> \ud55c\uad6d\uc7ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30. At least 450 massed in Asan Bay, with a great range of plumages \u2013 including brown-washed juveniles, worn juveniles progressing into First-winter, Second summers, and adults. The flock also contained a rather unseasonal Slaty-backed Gull.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Saunders\u2019s Gull <\/strong>Chroicocephalus saundersi<\/em> \uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 <\/strong>(VU). A high count of 28 (including 17 juveniles) in the FNS, with 113 also logged in Asan Bay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Nordmann\u2019s Greenshank <\/strong>Tringa guttifer<\/em> \uccad\ub2e4\ub9ac\ub3c4\uc694\uc0ac\ucd0c (EN). Two (or three) logged on 7th. One probably present from 5th.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Pectoral Sandpiper <\/strong>Calidris melanotos<\/em> \uc544\uba54\ub9ac\uce74\uba54\ucd94\ub77c\uae30\ub3c4\uc694. An adult on 5th<\/sup> in Asan Bay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Curlew Sandpiper <\/strong>Calidris ferruginea<\/em> \ubd89\uc740\uac2f\ub3c4\uc694 (NT). An adult in partial breeding plumage in the FNS on the 6th<\/sup> and 7th<\/sup>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Eurasian Curlew <\/strong>Numenius arquata<\/em> \ub9c8\ub3c4\uc694 <\/strong>(NT). The steady increase in number continues, with 3,700 counted in the FNS on August 5th<\/sup>. A flock in Asan Bay contained one leucistic curlew.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Far Eastern Curlew <\/strong>Numenius madagascariensis<\/em> \uc54c\ub77d\uaf2c\ub9ac\ub9c8\ub3c4\uc694 (EN) Evidence of major departures, and the arrival still of a maximum of only four (stunning but rather clumsy) juveniles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Greater Sand Plover <\/strong>Charadrius leschenaultii<\/em> \ud070\uc655\ub208\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8. A maximum of three were in the FNS, including the first two juveniles of the year here.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Far Eastern Oystercatcher<\/strong> Haematopus<\/em> [ostralegus<\/em>] osculans<\/em> \uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8 (NT) \u00a0In the FNS, 623 were counted on August 6th<\/sup>, including at least 38 juveniles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Great Crested Grebe<\/strong> Podiceps cristatus <\/em>\ubfd4\ub17c\ubcd1\uc544\ub9ac. Still a few birds remaining in breeding plumage in the FNS.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n