Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Hanns Seidel Basis and Birds Korea
In barely raining situation, and with out the likelihood to enter the CCZ as a result of ongoing army workout routines and tense scenario on the border, this survey began at Siam wetland. For the primary time I used to be glad in regards to the picket shelter for birdwatching, because it helped to guard in opposition to rain. However first, there was a shock: an eagle owl sitting immediately by the small reservoir, for effectively over an hour not transferring (from 7 to eight.30 within the morning). I’m wondering if this has been launched from the immediately adjoining wildlife rescue place or if it simply discovered the place handy.
There have been nonetheless many geese, although clearly a big quantity has already left North. All in all, at Siam there have been round 1500 geese, roughly two thirds of them Higher White-Fronted Geese and one third Tundra Bean Geese. No different species was detected. Just one wader (in all probability a Widespread Greenshank) was there, plus 4 Blackfaced Spoonbills.
Within the rice fields additional North, a pleasing combination of species, together with a bunch of greater than 40 hawfinches, a typical snipe, rooks, ruddy shelducks, Eurasian skylarks in all probability all on migration or getting ready for it, and plenty of raptors, together with two white-tailed eagles, a hen harrier, Japanese buzzards, Eurasian sparrowhawk, and Eurasian kestrel.
A listing of species could be discovered right here:
First half (Siam wetland): https://ebird.org/guidelines/S164577362
On the “Yudo facet” (Munsusanseong to earlier than the CCZ) not a lot exercise: smaller teams of geese, an occasional nice egret and grey heron, and cormorants foraging. Whereas solely part of Yudo islet could possibly be seen from afar, the cormorant colony gave the impression to be as busy as common, and in addition bigger teams of gray herons, equally breeding on the islet, could possibly be seen.
Second half (round Yudo islet): https://ebird.org/guidelines/S164578281
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo, calmy sitting for a very long time within the morning at a comparatively uncovered place close to the reservoir. © Bernhard Seliger
Vinous-throated Parrotbill Sinosuthora webbiana. In winter in giant flocks within the reed beds and bushes on forest edges and waysides, now they’re in smaller teams and shortly will probably be nesting. © Bernhard Seliger
Naumann´s thrush Turdus naumanni, a winter customer quickly leaving for the North © Bernhard Seliger
Small flocks of Ruddy Shelducks Tadorna ferruginea within the rice paddies. © Bernhard Seliger
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla along with his prey and envious Massive-billed Crows Corvus Macrorhynchos © Bernhard Seliger
Nice Cormorant Phalocrocorax carbo, is all the time the primary fowl to occupy nests at Yudo islet, earlier than later Blackfaced Spoonbills, herons and egrets arrive and breed. © Bernhard Seliger
