Rarity Reports
2008

December

2005

October

2004

November

  • 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.

September

  • 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)

August

  • 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

June

May

March

2003
May

2003

April

  • Ferruginous Flycatcher

    South Korea's third record. A note with five images.

  • 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?

March

  • 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.

  • Red-crested Pochard

    Status and records in South Korea. A short article with 3 images.

February

  • 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.

2002

December

  • 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.

November

October

September

  • 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.

August

July

  • Pomarine Skua

    South Korea's first documented record. A short note with image of Korea's first documented Pomarine Skua.

June

  • Sooty Shearwater

    South Korea's first record. A short note on Korea's first Sooty Shearwater.