January 23rd, 2019 
Nick To say that gull watching is an acquired taste would be to ignore the fact that many birders never do acquire the taste. However, on two consecutive tours to South Korea many of those accompanying me have started out as skeptics but have quickly found watching large numbers of gulls and a wide variety of species, not to mention a large variety of plumages, enjoyable, not withstanding that the main reason to visit are birds such as Steller’s Sea Eagle, Red-crowned Crane, White-naped Crane & Scaly-sided Merganser. This owes no small amount to the fact that there are a couple of globally rare species to be seen in Relict Gull and Saunders’s Gull but also because they can be observed at close proximity and in numbers that can be quite spectacular. However, this in itself has certainly not been the only reason for the group enjoying studying gulls, a large portion of the enjoyment has been learning from an expert who is extremely knowledgeable and patient in Nial Moores who is able to pass on his knowledge in an interesting way. For those that are photographers the gulls present an excellent series of opportunities throughout the tour as you will see from the following set of photos.
Details of the next trip can be seen here – South Korea Winter Birding Tour.
