A complete of 85 fowl species, three mammal species (Korean Water Deer, Wild Boar and Amur Leopard Cat), one globally threatened freshwater turtle species, and two species of worldwide threatened amphibian (a number of Seoul Pond Frogs and 1-2 Suwon Tree Frog heard) have been logged by three Birds Koreans (Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang and Lee Su-Younger) in Yeoncheon between September seventh and twenty second. This was although just a few hours of this era have been truly devoted to survey, with most time and power as a substitute devoted to the “Spoonbills Challenge“. Of this complete, c. 16 fowl species have been new for our “Birds Korea county checklist”, taking the whole to 208. Along with a number of encounters with the nationally Critically Endangered Hill Pigeon, species of biggest notice for this land-locked county included Globally Critically Endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting (with two on thirteenth and three on twenty second), single Asian Home Martin (on eighth), two single Chestnut-flanked White-eye (on sixteenth and twenty second), single (presumed) Japanese Leaf Warbler (on sixteenth) and two Eurasian Spoonbill (on twenty second).
Notable “assist” species included Garganey on a number of dates; as much as eight Lengthy-billed Plover on the “Spoonbills undertaking” web site; three species of snipe (with a excessive rely of 15 Frequent Snipe within the Peace Rice-fields on twenty second, sharing 3-4 fields with substantial numbers of Intermediate and Jap Cattle Egret); a excessive overflying flock of 45 Frequent Greenshank, transferring southwest (on thirteenth); migrant Osprey on two dates; a number of observations of Crested Honey Buzzard (apparently together with some native over-summering birds and the beginning of southward migration – with 4 on twenty second); and single Pechora Pipit, two Black-faced Bunting and two Chestnut Bunting on twenty second.
