{"id":24422,"date":"2021-04-13T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=24422"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:17:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:17:37","slug":"paju-wetland-near-yongwha-maul-and-gongneungcheon-river-8-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=24422","title":{"rendered":"Paju, Wetland near Yongwha Maul and Gongneungcheon river, 8 April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Birds news from Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation and Birds Korea lifetime member)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the whole, a very frustrating morning in Paju \u2013 construction at Gongneungchong not only made the newly-bridged area completely devoid of bird, but also affected all rice fields around, which before had been used by waders, rooted out all the trees even far from the construction site, to make space on a dam otherwise used only by promenaders for large construction trucks constantly coming along the dam, led to the leveling of dozens of rice fields there and a level of noise making the strolling less than enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlight were 13 Common Snipes feeding at the small wetland near Paju Yongwha Maul, together with two Black-faced Spoonbills, and small numbers of other birds (Spot-billed ducks, teals, a single Olive-backed Pipit, White wagtails, a single Little Ringed Plover, a single Ruddy Shelduck). In the area around Gongneungchong (from the bridge in Odo-dong to Songcheon Bridge at Freedom Road) two Eurasian Spoonbills, a single Common Snipe, and a late flock of Greater White-Fronted Geese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another beautiful small stream massively deteriorated by construction. It would be less harmful, if after construction trees would be replanted, and biotopes created \u2013 but in fact, after the construction of the bridge, the construction of a road will follow, with many rice fields completely disappearing. If the area then still will be a habitat for the Black-faced Spoonbill, the Far Eastern Curlew and many other waders, bitterns, ducks, raptors, but also buntings and other small birds as in the past, is highly questionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common Snipes Gallinago gallinago<\/em> feeding \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago<\/em> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Black-faced Spoonbills Platalea minor<\/em> roosting \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruguinea <\/em>\u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius <\/em>\u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The small wetland near Paju Yongwha Maul, a very important roosting area for many birds \u2013 more such places should be restored or newly created \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brambling Fringilla montifringilla<\/em>, a winter visitor still here \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vinous-throated Parrotbills Sinosuthera webbiana<\/em> climbing a fence \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Female Steijneger\u2019s Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri<\/em> already in summer plumeage \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Female Steijneger\u2019s Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri<\/em> still in winter plumeage \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger
\u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Construction heavily impacted the whole area, among others, since bushes and trees important as cover and nesting places for birds were completely removed \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Construction of the bridge over Gongneungchong \u2013 soon not only the river will lose much of its qualities as a habitat, but also the surrounding rice fields, home for many waders, will be irretrievably destroyed \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cEine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Sommer\u201d <\/em>(one swallow does not yet mean summer arrived), a German proverbe says\u2026, but it was certainly nice to see this first Barn swallow Hirundo rustica<\/em> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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