Curlew at Boleumdo mudflats_볼음도 갯벌에 도요새_b

Curlew at Boleumdo mudflats_볼음도 갯벌에 도요새_b...Migrating Curlew stop-over at Boleum-do mudflats (볼음도 갯벌) on their way along the East Asia Australasian Flyway in early May 2025. Shortly after dawn, on a low tide. The mudflats extend for up to 4 km at low tide and are huge flat uninterrupted expanses across which sound travels well. The Curlew and other birdlife there have strong voices to carry the distance, however the acoustic features of the space also makes the mudflat vulnerable to man-made noise from the sea, land and the air…such was my experience. A complex island landscape; military base, inter-Korean border area, tourism location, migratory&local bird habitat, rice farming, Shellfish&fishing industry,…