Info needed Jeju, Korea (1 Viewer)

[tomjenner]

I will be visiting Korea with my family in just over a week. A few days will be spent on Jeju Island off the south west tip of the peninsular. I have heard that this place is good for migrants, but I cannot find much information on good birding sites there. A Birdtours trip report by Nick Allen mentions a few spots, but it seems that he was driving around looking for places rather than visiting known areas, and despite visiting in May he didn't get many migrants. Seongsan Po is a know winter site for Black-faced Spoonbills. Does anyone know if they would still be around in the first week of April?
It seems that it is very hard to get info on Korea. I had limited response to an earlier more general post here on Birdforum and I had no replies to a post I placed on the forum of Birds Korea. I also just noticed that Iraqbabblers Birdforum post in February has had no replies. There seems to be very little information available compared to other more remote places that seem to be discussed much more regularly.
Any help appreciated

Tom

 

[Strandman]

I will be visiting Korea with my family in just over a week. A few days will be spent on Jeju Island off the south west tip of the peninsular. I have heard that this place is good for migrants, but I cannot find much information on good birding sites there. A Birdtours trip report by Nick Allen mentions a few spots, but it seems that he was driving around looking for places rather than visiting known areas, and despite visiting in May he didn't get many migrants. Seongsan Po is a know winter site for Black-faced Spoonbills. Does anyone know if they would still be around in the first week of April?
It seems that it is very hard to get info on Korea. I had limited response to an earlier more general post here on Birdforum and I had no replies to a post I placed on the forum of Birds Korea. I also just noticed that Iraqbabblers Birdforum post in February has had no replies. There seems to be very little information available compared to other more remote places that seem to be discussed much more regularly.
Any help appreciated

Tom

Yongchang has posted here on Jeju in the past. For example:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=112159&highlight=jeju

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

I put a trip report on Birds Korea about a trip to Jeju, but it was in January, so I suspect things would be quite different. I don't have a copy saved, so you'll have to dig it up on their webpage. It would have been in January '08.

Seongsan-po was quite amazing from a waterfowl standpoint. I don't know how much of it would still be around in April, tho. We also went to some ponds on the west coast that were near a wind farm. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name (it's in the trip report).

One of the better places we went was the Botanical Gardens. There was a good mix of wintering birds, so I'd have to think it would also be good for migrants.

There was also a little gorge on the south coast near the Hilton that we went to first thing in the AM. Again, I don't know the name, but a very ornate bridge crossed over the gorge, so if you find that bridge, walk up the gorge it crosses.

Sorry, I can't be more help, but I wasn't doing the driving, so I have a limited memory of where we went.