Birding Korea

Spoonie Trip in Autumn

: Spoon-billed Sandpiper tour (Seoul-Gunsan-Seoul)

Birding site : Yubu island

How far from Seoul : 250km

How to bird : driving & walking 

Main Target : Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Black-faced Spoonbill, Chinese Egret

Target Family : Shorebirds, Spoonbills, Egrets

Good Season : September ~ early October

Recommended tour day : 2 days 

Minimum tour day : 1 days

* This Trip is designed for 10 day, but you can ask us to extend or reduce.

Targets :

• Black-faced Spoonbill
• Chinese Egret
• Peregrine Falcon
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Grey Plover
• Kentish Plover
• Greater Sand Plover
• Lesser Sand Plover
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eastern Curlew
• Common Redshank
• Common Greenshank
• Nordmann's Greenshank
• Terek Sandpiper
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Great Knot
• Sanderling
• Red-necked Stint
• Dunlin
• Spoon-billed Sandpiper
• Broad-billed Sandpiper
• Black-tailed Gull
• Vega Gull
• Saunders's Gull
• Blue Rock Thrush

Outline 

• Yubu island the most famous site for Spoonie in East Asia.

• This trip is designed to focus on Spoonies(Spoon-billed sandpiper) in Yubu island and enjoy birding around Geum Estuary in Gunsan, Jeonra province, one of greatest birding spot in Korea. 

• Tide time and height is very important to meet spoonies, so the birding date must be discussed in advance.

• This Trip starts and ends in Seoul.

• This trip is designed to go birding for 1 or 2 days, and the tour period can be extended if you want. 

• Included in the cost :  Accommodation(twin bed room or Korean-style floor-heating room in case of 2 day trip), all meals including picnic lunches, bottled water, transportation, all park entrance fees, and the services of local guides and leaders. 

• Not included : International airfare, insurance, visa fees, departure tax, excess luggage charges, drinks, tips, and items of a personal nature.

BOOK THIS TOUR

After you submit your booking request, please send you deposit to PayPal account birding.kr@gmail.com.

• If you have any questions, please e-mail us at birding.kr@gmail.com.