Circling Cinereous Vultures and White-naped Cranes over the interior border, skeins of geese heading south, Hill Pigeons, flocks of buntings (however nonetheless only a few finches), and an internationally essential rely of 52 Scaly-sided Merganser…mixed with a splendidly constructive training program and time having fun with the paintings of Birds Korea member Professor Kim Haekyung.
Contemporary off 2 weeks on Baengnyeong Island, I had the possibility to steer a session on environmental training attended by a number of native academics and Birds Korea Yeoncheon members (all excellently organised as at all times: thanks!), with “classwork” adopted by a go to to the Taepung Observatory within the CCZ, and a brief cease additional downstream. The climate was lovely, and regardless of some distant blaring audio system and the everlasting ban on taking photos at this web site, we had been capable of take pleasure in small teams of Cinereous Vultures – 17 people in complete – crossing the interior border; greater than 100 White-naped Cranes within the air collectively; and a number of skeins of geese heading south via the afternoon into the night (most years, foraging geese peak in quantity within the FNS in mid-December, presumably earlier than heading a lot additional south into China). Record on eBird
On Monday 4th, a day of chook survey of the newly-designated FNS with Birds Korea Yeoncheon Director Baek Seung-Kwang began within the Peace Rice-fields of the CCZ. The habitat seems nice (although may very well be improved additional after all…), with a number of foraging White-naped Cranes, two Hen Harrier, two Bluethroat (one grownup male and a female-type seen), two Water Rails sensu lato heard, and flocks of Rustic and Pallas’s Reed Buntings. A full guidelines is right here on eBird.
Alongside the Imjin River, horrendous development in two areas, however a number of stretches had been comparatively undisturbed and 52 globally Endangered and sensitive-to-disturbance Scaly-sided Merganser had been counted – with the autumn peak of this species nonetheless 10-12 days away – a number of extra White-naped Cranes had been seen, and about 30 Hill Pigeon discovered, with one flock additionally containing an all-white home pigeon.
Along with the birds and a few lovely, autumnal, glowing landscapes, highlights together with seeing screening being erected alongside the roadside within the CCZ to cut back disturbance to waterbirds, and ending the day having fun with among the lovely paintings created by Professor Kim Haekyung, a neighborhood Birds Korea member and the artist liable for the poster used finally yr’s symposium in Yeoncheon on Scaly-sided Mergansers…
