Bird news by Leslie Hurteau. All images copyright of Leslie Hurteau. Early June saw another visit to Mara Island, one of the top 5 migration spots in the country (I’ll leave the other four up to the reader’s imagination). Late … read more

From September 22-23, in Ulaan-Baatar in Mongolia, the Senior Officials Meeting of the Northeast Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) of the UN-ESCAP took place. For two days, the states of Northeast Asia (Mongolia, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, … read more

Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea A warm spring welcome to all of our members and supporters! Back in February, we posted a public update of our work which identified our five main, overlapping priorities for 2026: (1) Continue … read more

Dr Nial Moores, May 2026 Following the rain of May 3rd which helped produce the island’s first Asian Dowitcher 큰부리도요, the weather on May 4th seemed unremarkable, and there was little evidence of any kind of arrival on Baengnyeong Island. … read more

글: 백승광 (새와 생명의 터 임진-한탄강 지역 대표) 2008년, 개발로 빠르게 사라져 가던 습지를 지키기 위해 한국과 일본의 시민사회가 함께 출범시킨 한‧일 습지 네트워크가 올해로 20주년을 맞았습니다. 그리고 그 20주년 워크숍이 올해 연천에서 열렸습니다. 연천은 이미 국제 자연보전 체계 안에서 … read more

글: 김혜민(새와 생명의 터 회원)  9월의 어느 날 새와 생명의 터 나일 무어스 박사님과 새덕후 김어진님이 가덕도를 지나는 가을철 이동 맹금류 조사를 한다는 소식을 듣고 무작정 달려갔다. 매년 9월 중순을 전후로 한국, 만주 등 북쪽 지방에서 번식을 하고 여름을 난 … read more

Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea In July, a statement on High Pathogenicity Avian Infuenza or HPAI (long called “Poultry Flu” by Birds Korea) was released by the Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds, co-convened under the Convention … read more

Text and two images by Jane Hahn, September 2025 On August 23rd… I stood on the tidal flat at Maehyang-ri, squinting through a scope while the August heat shimmered off the mud. Our task was to count shorebirds. It meant … read more

Birds Korea is a small, independent and specialized NGO that is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in Korea and the wider Yellow Sea Ecoregion. We conduct targeted research in order to develop plans and designs that … read more