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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Hi Roger, Thanks for the post. Unfortunately I'm not the best person to ask, as I was only in SK for work, from Sept-Nov 2011, based in Seoul and restricted to birding by public transport at weekends. My advice for birding gen would be to peruse this forum, and also look at birdskorea...
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Hi Subho, I went to Uiwang today - while there seemed to be more Spot-billed Duck and Mallard, plus a few Shoveler & Teal, there were fewer duck/geese species than last time I went on 9th Oct. I saw a few new passerines though - Bull-headed Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Elegant Bunting, all of which...
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Hi Subho, I'm planning to do some birding this weekend in the Seoul area - any recommendations for picking up new species that may not have been around a few weeks ago? I'll probably go to Uiwang, and also look at the Han River at Oksu, for wildfowl, but it would be good to find some...
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Hi Subho, Thanks very much for the reply, and the suggestions. I visited Paldang on Saturday, but didn't see much apart from various duck species. On Sunday I visited Dongmak lagoon and caught up with black-faced spoonbills (and black-faced buntings!), plus Temminck's Stint, Marsh Sandpiper...
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Further to the above, I visited Uiwang yesterday - much more interesting for birds than the places I'd been to so far, but still seemed quiet compared to similar places in the UK. Some nice Green Sandpipers and Eurasian Teal at close range in the streams at the north end. A group of Bean Geese...
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Thanks - that's very useful. Mike
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Hi all, Further to my earlier message, visited the Han River at Oksu in Seoul today - there seemed to be very few birds at all: Grey Herons, Great White Egret, Spot-billed Duck, Mallard, Cormorant (presumably Great, i.e. carbo rather than Temminck's?), Black-tailed Gull, and one Herring...
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Hi, I've tried registering with the birdskorea forums but had no reply. I've been in Seoul for 2 weeks now and hoping to do some birding this weekend. Would anyone be able to help with the following: 1. When do passerine migrants start appearing in the autumn? 2. When do the wintering ducks...
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Thanks for the info. I'm now in Seoul for a few weeks. Paldang sounds good - when do the White-tailed and Steller's Sea Eagles arrive? How reliable is the site for them? Cheers, Mike
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    Birding quickly in South Korea

    Hi all, In a similar vein, I'll be spending a few weeks in Sept/Oct working in Bundang, which is a suburb of Seoul (in the Korea Telecom offices). I'm a reasonably competent British birder, but have never been to Korea before, and have only done a very little birding in Thailand about 20 years...
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