As there doesn't seem to be that many trip reports from South Korea on BF, I've put in a link here to a couple of reports, I posted on travellingbirder.com from trips made in 2009 and 2011.
South Korea has several interesting islands, especially off the west coast towards China, where Eastern Palearctic migrants occur on passage, and if someone is interested in birding away from the masses, these would be good choices. The infrastructure in South Korea is excellent, punctual and inexpensive, though some of the more remote islands only have one ferry a day. There doesn't seem to be any hunting or trapping of birds going on (a relief after birding in China), but 'development' has reached even the smallest islands, it seems. Small streams are being lined with concrete walls, and boardwalks are being build along shorelines!
Most of the islands are rather rocky, with little habitat for shorebirds, but during migration one could expect to see several different sandpipers, plovers and more, but in very low numbers. It's the passerines that makes up the bulk of migrants, with lots of buntings, warblers and thrushes that usually only occur as vagrants in Europe during autumn.
2009 :http://www.travellingbirder.com/tri...trip_report.pdf
2011 :http://www.travellingbirder.com/tri...trip_report.pdf
For more info on birds and birding in South Korea please see www.birdskorea.org
Jens
Nice reports Jens
Interesting to see the differences and similarities with migration in NE China
cheers
Mike