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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!

Eyes with wings (conference in spanish)
Kiko Arcas is a Galician photographer passionate about birds and a Fujifilm ambassador. He is a scientific bird ringer, collaborates in ornithology courses taught at the University of Vigo and has participated in several scientific works on the species ecology such as the common sandpiper or the red-backed shrike. He is currently a collaborating photographer...
L’Ovella Verda: Podcast and divulgation from the beginning (conference in catalan)
The expression “black sheep” refers to that different person within the family and often considered a rebel because he or she does not follow the family customs. That’s where the idea of the “green sheep” or “Ovella Verda” came from, also representing, within the family, that person most sensitized by the environment. This is how...
Healthy places, healthy people: how protected areas contribute to the society well-being? (conference in spanish)
National parks and other places subject to protection figures were originally conceived as areas for the health and well-being of people, under a humanist and internationalist philosophy. Although for many decades this vision has been relegated to the background, in recent years it has been “rediscovered” along with aspects related to health, culture, spiritual values,...
Oceanic birds in the Estaca de Bares (conference in spanish)
The Estaca de Bares cape, in the extreme north of Galicia, is one of the best Europe’s vantage points to study and watch the passage of oceanic birds. Hundreds of thousands of specimens of dozens of species turn this Iberian corner every autumn to move and migrate. From the Estaca de Bares ornithological station, they...
A Seabird Summer (conference in english)
Rachel Bigsby is a young wildlife photographer, internationally known by her artistic work photographing seabirds. Rachel’s talented profile became popular when she was a finalist in the World’s top five wildlife photography contests, as well as through National Geographic publications. As a key spokesperson for Nikon Europe, Rachel is participates in public speakings at a...
Overexploitation impacts on tropical birds: defaunation and cascading effects on the tropical ecosystems (conference in spanish)
Overexploitation and trade is one of the tropical birds decline and extinction main causes. In fact, hunting pressure, the destruction and fragmentation of habitats, pollution and overexploitation are currently causing a serious decrease in the number of species that inhabit the tropics. Ana Benítez López is an ecologist from Córdoba who currently works as a...
Birds in African agricultural habitats: risks and opportunities for sustainable management (conference in catalan)
Crinan Jarrett is a post-doctoral researcher at the Swiss Ornithological Institute where she currently works on agricultural management and bird conservation in the African tropics. These tropics contain a very high birdlife diversity and also serve as wintering habitat for many migratory species. In these regions, the agriculture expansion and intensification is making natural habitats...
Wild journeys: tracking long distance migration (conference in english)
Long-distance migration is widespread among birds to exploit seasonal resources. Individuals of many species travel between continents and negotiate vast barriers of sea and desert. Only recent developments in tracking technologies has allowed tracking of even the smallest songbirds. Such trackings has revealed complex and narrowly-defined species-specific routes and non-breeding staging sites in the longest-distance...
30 years of monitoring seabirds and migratory birds at La Punta de Cap de Creus (conference in catalan)
La Punta de Cap de Creus, the Iberian Peninsula most eastern tip, is a privileged place to monitor bird migration and at the same time to observe seabirds in general. In the 1978, 1989 and 1990 years, three weekly spring control campaigns were carried out, but since 1993 censuses were carried out more systematically. Over...
The Great Green Wall impact on Senegal biodiversity (conference in spanish)
Papa Ibnou Ndiaye is a doctor in the Department of Animal Biology of the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakkar, Senegal, as well as a Hommes-Milieux Téssékéré Observatory member. In his talk, he will develop the Great Green Wall project, a flagship initiative in Africa to help combat...
Europe’s Birds – the making of an identification guide (conference in english)
The well-known writer and ecologist Andy Swash, author of great bestsellers for ornithologists such as Britain’s Birds or The World’s Rarest Birds will fly this September from Devon, UK, to present his new bird identification guide Europe’s Birds. Andy is a complete naturalist with special knowledge of birds and dragonflies, professional wildlife photographer and also,...
Foto Ruano Pro premieres as a #dbf23 sponsor
We boost up the Delta Birding Festival 9th Edition coordination with the Foto Ruano Pro collaboration, which is making its debut as a sponsor. As a photography equipment store with exceptional technical service and direct advice from two great camera experts, Foto Ruano Pro will carry out the organisation of the Delta Photo Contest, as well as the communication...