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Marine bird survey at the East coast in January

As part of ongoing research into marine-preferential bird species (“marine birds”) in the inner border region of Korea conducted by Birds Korea and the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea), Dr. Nial Moores together and Mr. Jason Loghry and partly with Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Yoon Yeobin from Hanns Seidel Foundation carried out a survey in various places at the East coast, with a focus on Goseong county at the inner-Korean border.

Dr. Nial Moores, scientific leader of the marine bird survey

Dr. Nial Moores, scientific leader of the marine bird survey

During the present survey, approximately 27,000 marine birds between Daejin and Banam in Goseong were recorded, including a minimum of 600 Red-necked Grebe, 400 Pacific Loon, nine Long-billed Murrelet and 22,200 gulls, including approximately 5, 600 Vega Gull, 2,300 Slaty-backed Gull and 13,700 Common Gull. The figures are interesting, since the count of Common Gull exceeded any annual national total recorded by the Ministry of Environment Census.

 

Although we recorded slightly fewer Pelagic Cormorant in January than in December, the January count is still almost three times higher than any nationwide count of this species made during the Ministry of Environment winter bird census (1999-2014). The findings confirm the importance of the inner-Korean border area for marine birds.

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