Rarity Reports
May 2002
Pomarine Skua - South Korea's first documented record
A short note with image of Korea's first documented Pomarine Skua.
August 2002
Sooty Tern in the Nakdong
A short note with 1 image of a Sooty Tern found moribund in the Nakdong River.
Sooty Shearwater - South Korea's first record
A short note on Korea's first Sooty Shearwater.
September 2002
Rose-coloured Starling - South Korea's first record.
A short note detailing a juvenile Rose-coloured Starling on Eocheong Island. 2
images of birds seen in the UK.
October 2002
The Long-tailed Shrike in South Korea.
An article with 4 images on the status of Long-tailed Shrike after the ocurrence of three together on
Gageo Do in October 2002.
A record of Collared Dove: Tim Allison
A short note on perhaps the first record of Collared Dove in South Korea for 10 years.
Chinese Bulbul on Eocheong Island - South Korea's first record.
A short note on Korea's first Chinese Bulbul - with four images.
November 2002
Observations of species not listed in Lee, Koo, and Park.
A major paper by Nial Moores detailing sightings of 28 species not listed in "A Field Guide to the Birds of Korea".
28 pages and many images.
December 2002
Great Black-headed Gull - South Korea's first documented record.
An article with 2 images detailing the finding and description of Korea's first documented Great Black-headed Gull.
Jan 2003
A Review of the Birding Year 2002
Hundreds of records with links to detailed descriptions.
February 2003
White-crowned Sparrow - South Korea's first documented record.
An article with 2 images looking at the finding of Korea's first White-crowned Sparrow.
March 2003
Red-crested Pochard - status and records in South Korea.
A short article with 3 images.
April 2003
Great Black-headed Gull - South Korea's second documented record.
A photo-feature with 6 images of Korea's second documented Great Black-headed Gull.
Great Black-headed Gull - South Korea's third documented record.
A short note with 1 image detailing the finding and description of Korea's third documented Great Black-headed Gull.
Bar-headed Goose - South Korea's first documented record.
A short note with 1 image (plus images of Swan Geese) on the finding of Korea's first Bar-headed Goose.
Northern House Martin - South Korea's first documented record.
A note with 5 images (plus 3 images of Asian House Martin) on the finding of Korea's first documented Northern House Martin.
Red-breasted Flycatcher - South Korea's first documented record?.
A note with five images detailing the identification of a presumed Red-breasted Flycatcher - another first record?
May 2003
Black-headed Bunting - South Korea's second record.
A note with five images, and discussion of ageing.
Drongo Records in 2003.
A note with images of all three species.
Ferruginous Flycatcher - South Korea's third record.
A note with five images.
Chinese (Song) Thrush - South Korea's first record.
A discussion with two images.
Isabelline Wheatear - South Korea's first record.
A discussion with four images of Isabelline, and four of a female Northern for comparison.
Jan 2004
A Review of the Birding Year 2003
Hundreds of records and 26 of the best rarity images of the year.
Mar 2004
The Scaly-breasted Munia in South Korea .
An article looking at last year's first records.
Skuas/Jaegers in Korean waters
A status review of the 4 taxa recorded so far.
May 2004
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Records of Lesser White-fronted Goose winter 2003/04
June2004
2004 Migratory bird records from Hong and Daeheuksan Islands.asp - records from Park Jong-Gil.
August 2004
Lesser Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird digi-scoped from Socheong (13 images)
Great Frigatebird - first record for South Korea.
Korea's first record, found exhausted on a breakwater on Jeju Island (2 images)
Aleutian Tern - first record for South Korea.
Korea's first record (placed in Category 2), seen from the Socheong - Incheon Ferry
September 2004
New Birds for the DPRK.
An article by Will Duckworth detailing records of eight bird taxa new to DPR Korea.
Red-backed Shrike - first record for South Korea.
A 1st winter found and photographed by Park Jong-gil on Hong Island (7 images)
Rose-coloured Starling - second record for South Korea.
A juvenile found and photographed by Park Jong-gil on Hong Island (2 images)
November 2004
Siberian White Crane.
A short posting with four images of a bird first seen at Seosan then refound the next day on Heuksan Island.
Water Pipits.
A short posting with images of 2 Water Pipits seen in November 2004 and a review of the previous records.
October 2005
Yellow-bellied Tit.
A Yellow-bellied Tit found on Socheong Island, 22 October 2005
