Bird News from Nial Moores Eight hours at Igidae (from 0645) under clear skies with light winds failed to relocate the presumed Northern Great Tit seen on the 16th. Numbers of Eastern Great Tit were much reduced (c. 60 … read more
Nial Moores, October 18th On October 16th, after cancelled travel plans and a disappointing three-hour session at Igidae counting visible migrants, I walked up the SK bank and relocated both the long-staying Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach and a / the … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores The weather map showed a cold front crossing the ROK, bringing in winds from far to the north: usually good weather for visible migration (especially on Yellow Sea islands). The sight and sound of a … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores A few hours in the field (well, woodland!) in Igidae found high numbers of several widespread species and a few especially notable ones. Most numerous were Vinous-throated Parrotbill, with two flocks of 100, one of … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores On Saturday 22nd in light southerlies with 7/10 cloud cover, seawatching from the north of Igidae found 55 large white-headed gulls moving south between 1420 and 1700, with additional highlights a juvenile Parasitic Jaeger south … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry and Nial Moores Awesome day for sea-watching. Greater Crested Tern mixed in a flock of Black-tailed Gulls! Second or third record for the ROK? There were about 1000 Black-tailed Gulls, 80+ Streaked Shearwater, 20 Black-headed … read more
Birds News from Nial Moores A few hours away from the office and into the field on a sunny but still windy day (with Force 6 southwesterlies following on from two days of even stronger winds). Out to sea, at … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Much more birdy at sea compared to December, with birds of note including one Black-necked, one Red-necked and c. 15 Great Crested Grebes, 13 Ancient Murrelet and best of all a Rhinoceros Auklet (my personal … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores & Jason Loghry Between 1530 and 1830, in N4-6 winds, a dozen or so Streaked Shearwater north, c. 6 large white-headed gulls south (including one Taimyr Gull) but only one Common Tern. Open areas and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Two hours of seawatching in fair conditions (with S/SE3 winds and 20% cloud cover) found 425 Common Tern “blogging” (but no sign of 2 White-wingeds and one Whiskered seen the day before), small numbers of … read more