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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!

Nils Van Duivendijk, Marcel Gil, James Lidster and Marc Guyt – Open conversation in English between authors and translators of the book Aves de Europa: Identificación de todas las especies y plumajes
Nils, Marcel, James and Marc are ornithologists and have all collaborated in the publication of the ID Handbook of European Birds (Aves de Europa: Identificación de todas las especies y plumajes). Nils Van Duivendijk is the main author of the guide written in Dutch, Marcel Gil has revised the Spanish translation, James Lidster the English...
Marcel Gil and Guillermo Rodríguez – Waders’ identification
Marcel Gil is an ornithologist and expert ringer with experience in migration campaigns, both in Catalonia and at the Falsterbo Observatory, Sweden, and Guillermo Rodríguez, is an ornithologist specialized in coastal birds and birds of prey. In recent years, the detailed study of wading birds has allowed us to understand their migratory routes at the...
Marcel Gil – Rarities’ Sociology: ego, science or fun?
Marcel Gil works as an ornithologist specializing in seabirds and is a member and editor of the SEO/Birdlife Rarities’ Comittee and scretary of the Catalonia Avifaunistic Committee. Rare birds have always attracted the attention of a significant part of the ornithological community, but the profile of people who seek rarities and their motivations are diverse...
Adrián Ordieres and Naia Pascual – Deconstructed images. Nature photography masterclass
Adrián Ordieres and Naia Pascual are two nature and wildlife photographers from Asturias, ambassadors of the OM-System brand. Throughout this talk, we will discover some of the photographs we have taken in recent years. We will show each step of the process, from camera settings to tricks used in the field. We will explore images...
Taïme Smit, Laura Sánchez and Carlota Bruna – Acción Oceános
Taïme Smit, Laura Sánchez and Carlota Bruna are the Acción Océanos’ founders. Taïme is a marine biologist and conservationist, Laura Sánchez is a biologist on board of the Sea Shepherd ships and Carlota is a sustainability activist with a life linked to the sea. Acción Océanos is an organisation founded and run by women, whose...
Pipe Nebreda, Nacho Sevilla and Naia Pascual – PIO ÁVILA
The PIO project (Points of Ornithological Interest) aims to identify, signpost, describe and promote places where you can enjoy bird watching. In a balanced way throughout the province of Ávila, up to 50 PIOs are being signaled, which will also serve to promote the territory. For each of the PIOs there is a description of...
Jan Van Gils – Arctic warming felt by the Knot even in the Tropics
Jan van Gils is appointed as honorary professor of Global Change Ecology of Migrant Shorebirds at the University of Groningen. As an ecologist, Van Gils (NIOZ and UG) investigates shorebirds, with a particular focus on the red knot, which breeds in the Arctic and migrates through the Netherlands to its winter quarters in West Africa. The world...
Carles Santana – PAINT AND PHOTOGRAPH SPAIN’S NATURE. A project of tourism excellence within the framework of the “Plan for Modernization and Competitiveness of the Tourism Sector”
Wildlife observation assisted with specialized guides and even with specific infrastructures such as hides, observation screens or others has become a regular tourist activity in our country. Foreign visitors and local public demand these services. And in order to achieve excellence, a group of companies in the sector representing various tourist destinations throughout the state...
Seán Ronayne – Every Song: my journey to record all of Ireland’s birds
Seán Ronayne is an ornithologist, wildlife sound recordist, and environmental activist hailing from Cork, Ireland. With degrees in Zoology, Marine Biology, and Ecological Impact Assessment from University College Cork (UCC), Seán’s lifelong passion for nature was instilled by his parents and flourished into a professional career studying birds and their vocalisations. In Barcelona, Seán embraced a...
Diego Moreno (DBF Junior) – A year in the life of the Iberian lynx
The fifth and last Junior of this edition of the Delta Birding Festival is Diego Moreno, a 16-year-old boy who is passionate about nature and who has showed interest in wildlife photography since some years. Currently, after completing his “excellence baccalaureate” he is carrying out a research project on the Iberian lynx. The project consists...
Marc Fusellas and Bernat Garrigós – SAM (Seabird Monitoring)
Marc Fusellas is an ICO environmental technician and works in the coordination team of the Common Bird Monitoring of Catalonia (SOCC), while Bernat Garrigós is a biologist and president of the Alive Foundation. In their conference, they will talk about SAM (Seabird Monitoring), a specific monitoring of seabirds that aims to fill the gap in...
Alberto Saiz and Víctor Ortega – Presentation and première of the documentary “A Year of Wild Love”
Alberto Saiz and Víctor Ortega are photographers and videographers who collaborate with Fujifilm and are passionate about nature and wildlife. In this tenth edition of the festival, they will present their documentary “A Year of Wild Love” for the first time. In the Natural World, reproduction is the drive that ensures life. In this documentary...