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Do you want to be up to date with the news of the tenth edition of the Delta Birding Festival? Here you can find new information about presentations, exhibitions, documentaries and much more!

Toni Escandell – Presentation of the documentary “Les altres aus de Balears”
The naturalist and filmmaker Toni Escandell is a cameraman specialized in nature, first as a researcher and nature documentary maker, and later as a communicator through his work at Paleàrtica Films, the production company he created more than 20 years ago. In this documentary we will go in search of several species of birds that...
Jordi Baucells – Nocturnal birds of prey, how to detect and identify them well in the field
Jordi is a biologist, technical agricultural engineer and ringer since the mid-eighties, and is currently the ICO’s president (Catalan Institute of Ornithology). Given his experience and study of Catalan nocturnal raptors, in this workshop he will teach us how to better recognize them in the field. Through songs, calls, young claims, silhouettes, habitats and more,...
Santos Casado – Nature for everyone. Old and new nature benefits for people.
Santos Casado is a Doctor in Biological Sciences and Associate Professor of the Department of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He defends that nature conservation has fought, for the last one hundred and fifty years, to keep ecosystems and habitats alive and functional, with all their species. The creation of protected areas, such...
Jordina Baucells – Study of the white-throated dipper in the Riera Major (DBF Junior)
Jordina is a 16-year-old girl, ornithologist and passionate about nature. She has been chasing birds since she was little, taking her father’s hobby and turning it into her own. In this DBF Jordina will present her research work on the study of white-throated dippers in the Riera Major. We always tend to focus more on...
Mya-Rose Craig “Birdgirl” – Learning to Fly!
Mya-Rose Craig AKA Birdgirl is a 22 year old British Bangladeshi birder, Conservationist & environmentalist. She was the youngest person to see half the world’s bird at age 17 but is committed to saving nature, campaigning to stop biodiversity loss and climate breakdown, whilst respecting indigenous people and highlighting Global Climate Justice. In February 2020, she became the youngest person to...
Alberto Saiz and Víctor Ortega – Wild loves: a year documenting animal courtship.
Alberto Saiz and Víctor Ortega are photographers and videographers who collaborate with Fujifilm and are passionate about nature and wildlife. At this Delta Birding Festival they will tell us about their experiences filming and photographing some of the most surprising behaviors of European wildlife through a technical workshop on the keys to video with professional...
Alejandra Rendón – From Birding to Bird Photography
Alejandra Rendón is an engineer and doctor in Computational Chemistry, originally from Medellín and currently living in Barcelona. She started out as a birdwatcher and currently she also dedicates much of her time to wildlife photography and is a Girls Who Click ambassator. Because… how many of us have had it happen that the passion...
Elvia “La Rastreadora” – Birds that make us vibrate; sounds that tell stories (DBF Junior)
Elvia Gómez, better known as Elvia La Rastreadora (Elvia The Tracker), is a 12-year-old girl from Pamplona who fell in love with tracking thanks to trips to nature with her parents. In fact, his father, Fernando Gómez, will also be speaking about wildlife tracking in Africa at this Delta Birding Festival! At just 12 years...
The DBF24 already has its conservation project!
This Delta Birding Festival’s 10th edition will allocate the profit obtained from the sale of tickets to the project “Apadrina una Teula Mussolera” which translates into “Sponsor a Little Owl Roof Tile”, a proposal to improve the breeding points of the little owl (Athene noctua) . The Grup Natura Sterna (Sterna Nature Group) together with...
Jari Peltomäki – The Wildlife Photographers Year in Scandinavia
Jari Peltomäki is a professional wildlife photographer and OM SYSTEM Ambassador whose images have been awarded in numerous international photo competitions. He has judged many of the international wildlife photography competitions. He is also the author of several bird and wildlife books and articles, and his images have been used in magazines and books worldwide....
Inaugural concert of El Pony Pisador on Friday, September 20th at night!
We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Delta Birding Festival by dancing to the songs from their new album OCELLS (BIRDS)!!! At 22:30 on Friday 20 September, we will be waiting for you at the Poblenou Sports Center to enjoy an unforgettable concert, singing and laughing with the best...
Íñigo Zuberogoitia – Do we see or do we look? Getting to know the falcons up close
Íñigo Zuberogoitia is a researcher interested in ecology and animal behavior. Additionally, thanks to his professional work at Icarus, he has had the opportunity to develop carnivore monitoring programs for the government. When we observe birds we focus on finding a species and its singularities, but if we take advantage of our ability to recognize...