Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi, Hanns-Seidel-Basis and Birds Korea
Earlier than an vital assembly with the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership, the place we’re companions, an early morning stroll alongside the tidal flat (excessive tide was at 6 a.m., and we arrived a little bit later) and good views of a wide range of shorebirds, together with Ruddy Turnstones, Bar-Tailed Godwits, Far Jap Oystercatchers, Frequent Redshank (just one), Frequent Greenshank, Siberian Sandplover, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Gray Plover, Nice Knots, Whimbrels and a few Blackfaced Spoonbills, 1000’s of Pink-necked Stints, Dunlins, and Terek Sandpipers, plus numerous egrets, herons and gulls.
On the small pond close to the Eco-Ville excessive rises good views of a Striated Heron and an Oriental Reed Warbler.
Later, at Namdong reservoir, numerous Blackfaced Spoonbills, and a wide range of geese and different waterbirds: some Ruddy Shelducks, Northern Shovelers, Jap Spot-billed Geese, Tufted Geese, Mallards, Frequent Pochards, Inexperienced-winged Teals, Coots, Little Moorhens, Little Grebes. Additionally, three Black-winged Stilts and 4 Frequent Sandpiper.
All in all, an ideal solution to put together for our assembly on the East Asian Australasian Flyway! And due to the hospitality of EAAFP, we had not solely nice talks, but additionally a terrific lunch!
Yow will discover the whole listing of birds on ebird:
Birds on the tidal flat: https://ebird.org/guidelines/S242373944
Birds in Namdong Reservoir: https://ebird.org/guidelines/S242373917
(Assist with ID from Dr. Nial Moores is – as all the time – gratefully acknowledged.)
Frequent Redshank – Tringa tetanus – 붉은발도요 (© Bernhard Seliger)
Blackfaced Spoonbill – Platalea minor – 저어새. Due to the yellowish bill-tip, first thought it was a Eurasian… (© Bernhard Seliger)
Siberian Sandplover – Anarhynchus mongolus – 몽골왕눈물떼새. Now an endangered species. (© Bernhard Seliger)
Ruddy Turnstone – Arenaria interpres – 꼬까도요. Now a close to threatened species. (© Bernhard Seliger)
Pink-necked stints – Calidris ruficollis – 좀도요. Now a close to threatened species. All in all, there have been a number of 1000’s of them. (© Bernhard Seliger)
Kentish Plover – Anarhynchus alexandrinus – 흰물떼새 (© Bernhard Seliger)
Gray Plover – Pluvialis squatarola – 개꿩. Now a weak species. (© Bernhard Seliger)
Shorebirds and residence complexes at Songdo, Gojang Tidal Flat. Right here, trade, housing, and birds are so shut collectively… allow us to hope, the delicate stability between them might be preserved. (© Bernhard Seliger)
