Excursion
Paying a Visit to Songdo

The group of German School Seoul International with staff of EAAFP and Dr. Seliger of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea

The loss of biodiversity is one of the great challenges of nature protection today. Especially the young generation needs to be aware of this and needs to be involved in efforts to protect nature around the globe. On May 3rd an excursion of the 11th grade of the German School Seoul International (Deutsche Schule Seoul International) took place to the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and the nearby bird habitats in Songdo, organized by Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea. The class with their biology teacher, Gerd Vetter, got a first hand experience of mudflat habitats, their importance for biodiversity and threats to these habitats.

Experiencing first-hand the birds and habitats in Songdo

At the EAAFP, excellent communication officer Vivian Fu gave an overview over bird flyways, the East Asian Australasian flyway in particular, threats to birds on the flyway and ways to cooperate for a better protection. Afterwards, the students watched the Black-Faced Spoonbill habitat at Namdong reservoir and the remaining tidal flats in the incredibly pressed Songdo to Sorae area. There, they could see a number of interesting species, besides the breeding colony of Black-Faced Spoonbills also a variety of ducks, including Ruddy Shelducks, herons and egrets, and, on the mudflats, diverse waders.