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Korea October 2014 
- Three days spent birding on a family holiday from 4-18th of the month. October seemed to be an in-between time for the birds in the country with almost all of the summer visitors gone, but with the winter visitors mostly still to arrive – I was told most waterfowl come in late October/early November...Nicholas Allen reports
South Korea 13th to 26th June 2010
- Intermediate Egret is the common heron of paddies, followed by fairly common Cattle Egret and Grey Heron...Nick Allen reports
South
Korea May 2007
- Immediately east of Dongmak Beach
on the southern coastal road this ancient fortification/watch-point
provides a good vantage point looking over some useful mudflats...
Scrub and woodland clothes the sides of the small peninsula and
held some interesting birds, including the beautiful-looking
Black-capped Kingfisher...Nick Allen reports
South Korea 21st
Sept - 12th Oct 2005
- I have been lucky enough now to have seen
birds like Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Nordmann’s Greenshank,
but for many up and coming birders of the future, this may never
happen....Trevor
Feltham reports
South Korea 22- 30 January 2005
- South Korea was all about quality not quantity – a winter trip here isn’t ever likely to produce a long list of birds, but some of the birds on offer are truly world-class – Scaly-sided Merganser, Baikal Teal, Steller’s Sea-Eagle, Relict and Saunders’ Gulls, Red-crowned, White-naped and Hooded Cranes. Solitary Snipe and Oriental White Stork are just some of the species on offer...Gruff Dodd reports
South Korea and Japan
late January to February 2005
- This extended trip was organised around two
long-cherished ambitions- to see Steller's Sea Eagle on the ice
in Hokkaido and to see a drake Scaly-sided Merganser anywhere
one could be found. The trip was successful on both scores and
of course provided plenty of other entertainment besides....Ed
Keeble reports
Japan and South Korea
Feb 2005
- The idea of a February trip was attractive,
providing the opportunity for birding amongst some dramatic winter
land- and seascapes, whilst avoiding any conflict with the 'peak'
spring/autumn Holarctic birding seasons. The prospect of seeing
large numbers of three species of crane, and the magnificent Steller's
Sea Eagles was hard to resist...Richard & Erica Klim
report.
South-Korea 3
- 19 January 2004
- In winter South-Korea is one of the best
birding places in the eastern paleartic to see rare ducks, gulls,
cranes and raptors. Global threatened species like Swan Goose,
Baikal Teal, Falcated Duck, Scaly-sided Merganser, Steller's Sea-eagle,
Oriental Stork, Red-crowned, White-naped and Hooded Crane and
Relict and Saunders's Gull are all possible within a two week
trip...Peter Collaerts reports.
South Korea July
18–August 7, 2002
- Both travel and birdwatching guides will
warn you that visiting Korea in July or August is not a good idea:
it is hot, it rains a lot, and the interesting migrant birds are
absent. Also, it is holiday season, which will mean popular resort
areas are full. If you are visiting Korea in summer because of
a scientific congress, you may still want to try and do some birdwatching
- and such was the case for me...Jan Hein van Steenis
reports
South Korea Spring
2002
- The trip was a huge success with two firsts
for Korea (Crag Martin and Ferruginous Flycatcher), excellent
wader counts including sightings of Little Whimbrel and Asiatic
Dowitcher. We also had Baikal Teal and Swan Geese on exceptionally
late spring dates as well as excellent numbers of migrants and
a supporting cast of many globally rare species e.g. Nordmannˇ's
Greenshank, Black-Faced Spoonbill and Chinese Egret...Wilton
Farrelly reports.
South Korea Winter Tour
December 6-17 2001
- The trip was largely a great success, and
we recorded ca 160 species in just 12 days, including the much-wanted
Black-faced Spoonbill, Swan and Lesser White-fronted Goose, Baikal
Teal (with one flock of 265 000 plus an outstanding highlight!),
Scaly-sided Merganser, Steller's Sea Eagle, three species of Crane,
Relict and Saunders's Gulls, Japanese Waxwing, Siberian Accentor
and Daurian Jackdaw. Of even greater interest (perhaps) for Korean
bird specialists, the combination of very mild temperatures and
concentrated expertise also led to the apparently first Korean
winter records of Dusky Warbler and Red Knot, as well as highly
unexpected Far Eastern Curlew, Red-necked Stint and vagrant Dark-throated
Thrushes...Nial Moores reports.
Shorebirds on the Keumgang Estuary,
Kunsan, South Korea May 11-12, 2002
- This trip was
planned as a bird trip from the get-go. The original plan was
to visit the Keumgang and Mangkyeong estuaries, but in the end
I spent all my time along the Keumgang in order to save time and
energy (this was a tiring trip!). Given the shortness and limited
geographical scope of this trip, I'll avoid going into great detail,
but I'll give an overall species list and describe the locations
visited over my 29-hour visit to the area....Tim Allison reports.
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