SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, which operates subway lines 1 through 8 in Seoul, announced that it is installing bird spikes to prevent pigeons from perching and anti-collision facilities to protect wild birds. This move aims to block pigeon entry into stations while safeguarding avian wildlife. According to the [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daurian redstart, a bird species with commonly found in South Korean suburbs or the countryside, is gaining attention after the recent discovery of nests built in unusual locations. A full-grown redstart is only 14 centimeters long, weighing as little as 17 grams. The bird is known to build [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Namdaemun Police Station rescued a kestrel, a bird of prey species classified as South Korea’s Natural Monument No. 323, and delivered the bird to the Korean Association for Bird Protection (KABP) on Sunday. The kestrel strolled into the substation at 7:20 a.m. on a Sunday morning. The police [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Restoration efforts for oriental storks began in 1996 when a pair of stork young was brought into the country from Russia’s Amur River basin. Oriental storks were once resident birds occasionally found on the Korean Peninsula, but their numbers dwindled towards the mid-20th century. Natural breeding of oriental storks [...]