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Guided Birding Tour in August 2018

Monna from USA

- Ganghwa island, Gyeonggi province, South Korea in August 2018

Bird list 

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Far Eastern Curlew

• Common Sandpiper

• Common Greenshank

• Wood Sandpiper

• Black-tailed Gull

• Great Cormorant

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Little Egret

• Cattle Egret

• Black-faced Spoonbill

• Dollarbird

• Black-naped Oriole

• Oriental Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Gray-backed Thrush

• Gray Wagtail

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Michael from Australia

- Ganghwa island, Gyeonggi province, South Korea in August 2018

• Mandarin Duck
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Oriental Turtle-Dove
• Common Cuckoo
• Eurasian Coot
• Black-bellied Plover
• Whimbrel
• Far Eastern Curlew
• Eurasian Curlew
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Dunlin
• Pin-tailed Snipe
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Greenshank
• Black-tailed Gull
• Great Cormorant
• Gray Heron
• Great Egret
• Intermediate Egret
• Chinese Egret
• Little Egret
• Chinese Pond-Heron
• Striated Heron
• Black-faced Spoonbill
• Common Kingfisher
• Dollarbird
• Gray-capped Woodpecker
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Eurasian Hobby
• Bull-headed Shrike
• Black-naped Oriole
• Azure-winged Magpie
• Oriental Magpie
• Large-billed Crow
• Barn Swallow
• Marsh Tit
• Japanese Tit
• Long-tailed Tit
• Brown-eared Bulbul
• Vinous-throated Parrotbill
• Daurian Redstart
• Gray Wagtail
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Guided Birding Tour in July 2018

Cathy from USA

- Ganghwa island, Gyeonggi province, South Korea in July 2018

The picture of Ruddy Kingfisher is copyrighted by Cathy.

- Bird list 

• Mandarin Duck

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Little Grebe

• Great Crested Grebe

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Common Cuckoo

• Eurasian Coot

• Whimbrel

• Far Eastern Curlew

• Eurasian Curlew

• Black-tailed Gull

• Great Cormorant

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Intermediate Egret

• Chinese Egret

• Little Egret

• Cattle Egret

• Striated Heron

• Black-crowned Night-Heron

• Black-faced Spoonbill

• Chinese Sparrowhawk

• Common Kingfisher

• Ruddy Kingfisher

• Black-capped Kingfisher

• Dollarbird

• Gray-headed Woodpecker

• Eurasian Kestrel

• Eurasian Hobby

• Bull-headed Shrike

• Black-naped Oriole

• Azure-winged Magpie

• Oriental Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Long-tailed Tit

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Oriental Reed Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Daurian Redstart

• Gray Wagtail

• White Wagtail

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Monna from USA

- Han River Upstream & National Arboretum, Gyeonggi-province, South Korea on June 2018

- Han River Estuary, Gyeonggi-province, South Korea on June 2018

- Bird list 

	25-Jul	26-Jul
	Han River Upstream & National Arboretum	Han River Estuary
Mandarin Duck	O
Eastern Spot-billed Duck	O	O
Ring-necked Pheasant	O	O
Great Crested Grebe	O
Great Cormorant	O	O
Yellow Bittern		O
Gray Heron	O	O
Great Egret	O	O
Intermediate Egret		O
Little Egret		O
Cattle Egret	O	O
Chinese Pond-Heron		O
Striated Heron		O
Black-crowned Night-Heron	O	O
Chinese Sparrowhawk		O
Eurasian Coot	O
Black-tailed Gull	O	O
Oriental Turtle-Dove	O	O
Common Cuckoo		O
Oriental Scops-Owl	O
Eurasian Eagle-Owl		O
Northern Boobook		O
Dollarbird	O	O
Great Spotted Woodpecker		O
Gray-headed Woodpecker	O
Eurasian Hobby		O
Bull-headed Shrike	O
Black-naped Oriole	O	O
Azure-winged Magpie	O	O
Eurasian Magpie	O	O
Large-billed Crow	O	O
Barn Swallow	O	O
Marsh Tit	O	O
Japanese Tit	O	O
Brown-eared Bulbul	O	O
Eastern Crowned Warbler	O
Oriental Reed Warbler		O
Vinous-throated Parrotbill	O	O
Blue-and-white Flycatcher	O
Daurian Redstart	O
Gray-backed Thrush	O	O
Gray Wagtail	O	O
White Wagtail	O
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	O	O

Spoonie tour in autumn 2020

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

the best trip date : 

4th, 5th, 6th, 18th, 21st, 22nd in September

3rd, 4th, 5th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 21th in October

* Tide time and height is very important to see spoonies, so these dates are highly recommended to meet them within a day.

If you like to go 2 day trip, You will have more date options except these dates.

Please ask us. birding.kr@gmail.com. 

You may see the information about this tour here.

http://www.birdingkorea.com/entry/Spoonie-tour-Korea

Guided Birding Tour in June 2018

Robert from USA

- Han river estuary, Gyeonggi province, South Korea in June 2018

- Bird list 

• Mandarin Duck

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Great Cormorant

• Great Egret

• Intermediate Egret

• Little Egret

• Cattle Egret

• Chinese Pond-Heron

• Striated Heron

• Black-crowned Night-Heron

• Black-faced Spoonbill

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Common Cuckoo

• Pygmy Woodpecker

• White-backed Woodpecker

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

• Gray-headed Woodpecker

• Eurasian Kestrel

• Eurasian Hobby

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Varied Tit

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Long-tailed Tit

• Eurasian Nuthatch

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Eastern Crowned Warbler

• Oriental Reed Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Gray-backed Thrush

• Gray Wagtail

• Yellow-throated Bunting

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Bryan  from Singapore

- Nanhansanseong & Han River Upstream, Gyeonggi-province, South Korea on June 2018

- Bird list 

• Mandarin Duck

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Great Cormorant

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Indian Cuckoo

• Common Cuckoo

• Oriental Cuckoo

• Dollarbird

• Pygmy Woodpecker

• Gray-headed Woodpecker

• Eurasian Hobby

• Azure-winged Magpie

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Varied Tit

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Long-tailed Tit

• Eurasian Nuthatch

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Eastern Crowned Warbler

• Oriental Reed Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Blue-and-white Flycatcher

• Siberian Blue Robin

• Gray-backed Thrush

• Gray Wagtail

• Yellow-throated Bunting

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Robinsons from USA

- Han river estuary, Gyeonggi province, South Korea in June 2018

- Bird list 

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Mallard

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Great Cormorant

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Intermediate Egret

• Little Egret

• Cattle Egret

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Common Cuckoo

• Eurasian Eagle-Owl

• Eurasian Hoopoe

• Eurasian Kestrel

• Azure-winged Magpie

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Long-tailed Tit

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Oriental Reed Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Daurian Redstart

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Magnus from USA

- Han river estuary, Gyeonggi province, South Korea in June 2018

- Bird list 

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Mallard

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Great Cormorant

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Intermediate Egret

• Little Egret

• Cattle Egret

• Chinese Pond-Heron

• Striated Heron

• Black-faced Spoonbill

• Chinese Sparrowhawk

• Watercock

• Black-tailed Gull

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Indian Cuckoo

• Common Cuckoo

• Oriental Cuckoo

• Eurasian Eagle-Owl

• Dollarbird

• Gray-capped Woodpecker

• Pygmy Woodpecker

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

• Gray-headed Woodpecker

• Eurasian Hobby

• Tiger Shrike

• Black-naped Oriole

• Azure-winged Magpie

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Eurasian Nuthatch

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Asian Stubtail

• Oriental Reed Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Asian Brown Flycatcher

• Blue-and-white Flycatcher

• Daurian Redstart

• Gray-backed Thrush

• Yellow-throated Bunting

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Sudip from Singapore

- Han river estuary, Gyeonggi province, South Korea in June 2018

- Bird list 

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Great Cormorant

• Yellow Bittern

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Little Egret

• Cattle Egret

• Chinese Pond-Heron

• Black-crowned Night-Heron

• Black-faced Spoonbill

• Black-tailed Gull

• Herring Gull

• Rock Pigeon

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Common Cuckoo

• Eurasian Eagle-Owl

• Dollarbird

• Pygmy Woodpecker

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

• shrike sp.

• Black-naped Oriole

• Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Long-tailed Tit

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Eastern Crowned Warbler

• Oriental Reed Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Blue-and-white Flycatcher

• Daurian Redstart

• Gray-backed Thrush

• White-cheeked Starling

• Gray Wagtail

• Yellow-throated Bunting

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Birding Tour in May 2018

Jeff Hopkins from USA

- Chookryeong Mountain in Gyeonggi and Hwacheon forest in Gangwon, South Korea in May 2018

- Bird list 

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Indian Cuckoo

• Oriental Cuckoo

• Dollarbird

• Pygmy Woodpecker

• White-backed Woodpecker

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

• Black Woodpecker

• Bull-headed Shrike

• Black-naped Oriole

• Eurasian Jay

• Azure-winged Magpie

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Varied Tit

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Long-tailed Tit

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Asian Stubtail

• Blue-and-white Flycatcher

• Daurian Redstart

• Gray-backed Thrush

• Gray Wagtail

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Peep Lassmann from Estonia

- Ganghwa island, South Korea in May 2018

- Bird list 

• Mandarin Duck

• Eurasian Wigeon

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Great Cormorant

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Intermediate Egret

• Chinese Egret

• Little Egret

• Cattle Egret

• Striated Heron

• Eurasian Spoonbill

• Black-faced Spoonbill

• Chinese Sparrowhawk

• Eurasian Coot

• Eurasian Oystercatcher

• Black-bellied Plover

• Long-billed Plover

• Little Ringed Plover

• Whimbrel

• Far Eastern Curlew

• Bar-tailed Godwit

• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

• Dunlin

• Common Sandpiper

• Spotted Redshank

• Common Greenshank

• Wood Sandpiper

• Black-tailed Gull

• Herring Gull

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Indian Cuckoo

• Common Cuckoo

• Oriental Cuckoo

• Pygmy Woodpecker

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

• Gray-headed Woodpecker

• Eurasian Kestrel

• Bull-headed Shrike

• Brown Shrike

• Black-naped Oriole

• Azure-winged Magpie

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Long-tailed Tit

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Oriental Reed Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• White-cheeked Starling

• Eastern Yellow Wagtail

• White Wagtail

• Black-faced Bunting

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Birds of South Korea in summer 

Birding Tour in April 2018

Attendance at Ganghwa Big Bird Race with resident foreign birders

- Ganghwa island, South Korea in April 2018

Full Bird list 

• Ruddy Shelduck

• Common Shelduck

• Mandarin Duck

• Northern Shoveler

• Gadwall

• Eurasian Wigeon

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

• Mallard

• Green-winged Teal

• Red-breasted Merganser

• Ring-necked Pheasant

• Little Grebe

• Great Cormorant

• Gray Heron

• Great Egret

• Intermediate Egret

• Chinese Egret

• Little Egret

• Black-faced Spoonbill

• Eurasian Sparrowhawk

• Eurasian Coot

• Eurasian Oystercatcher

• Black-bellied Plover

• Little Ringed Plover

• Whimbrel

• Far Eastern Curlew

• Eurasian Curlew

• Bar-tailed Godwit

• Black-tailed Godwit

• Great Knot

• Green Sandpiper

• Common Greenshank

• Wood Sandpiper

• Black-tailed Gull

• Herring Gull

• Little Tern

• Oriental Turtle-Dove

• Common Kingfisher

• Pygmy Woodpecker

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

• Gray-headed Woodpecker

• Bull-headed Shrike

• Eurasian Jay

• Azure-winged Magpie

• Eurasian Magpie

• Large-billed Crow

• Barn Swallow

• Varied Tit

• Marsh Tit

• Japanese Tit

• Long-tailed Tit

• Brown-eared Bulbul

• Japanese Bush Warbler

• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

• Gray-backed Thrush

• White-cheeked Starling

• White Wagtail

• Tristram's Bunting

• Yellow-browed Bunting

• Yellow-throated Bunting

• Black-faced Bunting

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Birds of South Korea in Autumn

Birds of South Korea in Winter