Guided Birding Tour Reports in August 2023

Guided Birding Tour Reports in August 2023

 

A family from France

2 Day birding trip in Hwaseong Lake & Ganghwa Island

August 18~19

Bird List (74)

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Taiga Bean-Goose
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Terek Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Saunders's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Cormorant
Chinese Egret
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Black-faced Spoonbill
Chinese Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Common Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Dollarbird
Eurasian Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Azure-winged Magpie
Oriental Magpie
Large-billed Crow
Marsh Tit
Eurasian Skylark
Zitting Cisticola
Oriental Reed Warbler
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Brown-eared Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul
Daurian Redstart
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Gray Wagtail
White Wagtail
Oriental Greenfinch

 

 

3 Birders from USA 

A half Day birding trip on Ganghwa island in late August

Bird List (36)

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Mandarin Duck
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Little Grebe
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Coot
Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Common Greenshank
Great Knot
Dunlin
Black-tailed Gull
Great Cormorant
Chinese Egret
Little Egret
Chinese Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Black-faced Spoonbill
Dollarbird
Eurasian Kestrel
Azure-winged Magpie
Oriental Magpie
Large-billed Crow
Japanese Tit
Zitting Cisticola
Brown-eared Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

 

 

5 birders from France

A half Day birding trip on Ganghwa island in late August While transiting at the airport

Bird List (51)

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Mandarin Duck
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Little Grebe
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Common Cuckoo
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Common Greenshank
Saunders's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Chinese Egret
Little Egret
Chinese Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Black-faced Spoonbill
Common Kingfisher
Dollarbird
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Eurasian Kestrel
Azure-winged Magpie
Oriental Magpie
Large-billed Crow
Varied Tit
Marsh Tit
Japanese Tit
Zitting Cisticola
Oriental Reed Warbler
Barn Swallow
Brown-eared Bulbul
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Daurian Redstart
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Gray Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Yellow-billed Grosbeak