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Beyond Ulsan’s busy coastline, seabirds feed, rest and travel across waters that connect them to a much wider world. Through the EAAFP Ulsan Corporate Champion Programme, the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) is helping communities discover and document this connection—with sustained financial support from Hyundai Motor Company, S-OIL and Kyungdong City Gas.
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The 2026 Ulsan Seabird Monitoring Report, produced by local group Tweet-Tweet, shares the results of citizen science in boat-based monitoring supported through the programme. Between 1 August and 27 September 2026, approximately eight monitoring trips recorded a cumulative total of 12,798 bird observations across 26 taxonomic categories.
Shearwaters dominated the records, alongside gulls, phalaropes and terns. Observations of Aleutian Terns, storm petrels and skuas offered further glimpses of birdlife rarely visible from shore. Participants also undertook coastal monitoring and helped rescue injured birds.
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These findings provide baseline information on birds using Ulsan’s waters. Continued, systematic monitoring will help build a clearer understanding of seasonal patterns and support future conservation decisions.
For EAAFP, this work demonstrates how local action can contribute to conservation across the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. Migratory waterbirds depend on habitats in many countries; understanding and caring for the places they use locally helps strengthen the knowledge and community involvement needed to conserve them internationally.
The continuing financial commitment of Hyundai Motor Company, S-OIL and Kyungdong City Gas is central to this approach. Private-sector support helps local organisations maintain field activities, involve citizens and build knowledge over time.
Through the EAAFP Ulsan Corporate Champion Programme, EAAFP connects businesses, communities and conservation practitioners around a shared responsibility: caring for the birds that link Ulsan to the wider Flyway.
