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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!
Eneko Leonor (DBF Junior) – Growing up among Harriers
Eneko Leonor García is an 11-year-old young ornithologist who lives in Ávila. In his first few months of life, he was already accompanying his parents into the countryside, and from the age of 5 he began birdwatching. During the pandemic, he set up his own bird observatory on his home terrace, and since then he...
Ivet Franch (DBF Junior) – La Palma d’Ebre: A Village That Once Relied on Dry Farming
Ivet Franch Garcia is a 17-year-old young ornithologist who has just completed her second year of high school. She describes herself as a curious person with an interest in local history. In her talk, she will present her research project, which aims to study the changes in bird species following the creation of the Palma...
Juan José Ramos Melo – The Migration of Seabirds from the Buenavista Lighthouse (Tenerife)
Juan José Ramos is a naturalist, specialist in biodiversity outreach and conservation, and a nature and travel photographer. The “Buenavista Lighthouse Migration Observatory” is a project by the company Birding Canarias that combines research, conservation, environmental volunteering, and citizen science. Its main objectives are to document the migratory phenology and status of seabirds in the...
Enric Carrera and Jordi Baucells – Catalan Institute of Ornithology (ICO). A look at the 50 years of its history.
Enric Carrera holds a PhD in textile engineering, has been a bird ringer since 1975, and is a founding member and the first president of the ICO. Jordi Baucells is a biologist, agricultural technical engineer, and has been a bird ringer since the mid-1980s. He is currently the president of the ICO. To mark the...
Katarina Kostić – Regenerative Agriculture for Biodiversity: Restoring Ecosystems by Growing Healthy Food
Katarina Kostić is a consultant in regenerative agriculture and biodiversity, with over 20 years of experience in restoring agricultural and urban ecosystems. She collaborates with Granja San Francisco, EIT Food, and the European Commission on projects focused on the most effective strategies to mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity. In this talk, we will explore...
Managing a High-Density Barn Owl Area: The Osona Experience of 30 Years of Species Conservation
Jordi Baucells is a biologist, agricultural technical engineer, and bird ringer since the mid-1980s, and he is currently the president of the ICO (Catalan Institute of Ornithology). In this talk, he will present a scientific analysis of the monitoring of a large barn owl population in Osona after thirty years of monitoring and safeguarding nests...
Francesco Rovedo and Laura Núñez – Podcast El Guardabosques
Francesco Rovedo is an environmental scientist and Laura Núñez is a biologist, and both are guides for wildlife tracking trips in the Arctic. They share a passion for wildlife photography, responsible travel practices — such as the Ecology and Conservation of Arctic Ecosystems course in Svalbard that they run every year in collaboration with the...
Ricard Gutiérrez – AI or Is It Overhyped? Technological Tools for Modern Ornithology
Ricard Gutiérrez is a biologist specialized in zoology with a postgraduate degree in economics and environmental management. He works in wildlife conservation for the Catalan Government and has been involved for over 17 years in rarities committees and their study. In addition, he is the author of several scientific articles and nature books. In this...
Marcel Gil – Finding Rare Birds: Between Intuition and Method
Marcel Gil works as an ornithologist specializing in seabirds and is a member and editor of the SEO/BirdLife Rarities Committee and secretary of the Catalan Avifaunistic Committee. In this talk, he will discuss how to increase the chances of detecting rare birds. The lecture will offer some practical keys, from searching for microhabitats similar to...
Pau Castell (DBF Junior) – Mallorca’s mountain birdlife
Pau Castell Cardona is a young bird enthusiast who, despite being only 15 years old, has already spent 3 years tracking birds of prey. Along the way, he has discovered other species, both through hide photography and in the open air. For the past year and a half, thanks to people like Josep Manchado, Toni...
Jaume Ramot and Carles Martorell – The “Owl Tile” (teula mussolera): A Conservation and Cooperation Project
Jaume Ramot is an environmental activist and conservationist who, 35 years ago, co-founded the Grup de Natura Sterna (Sterna Nature Group) with his colleagues. He is currently the president of the group. Carles Martorell is a member of the Grup de Naturalistes d’Osona – ICHN (Naturalists’ Group of Osona – ICHN) and has been a...
Imad Cherkaoui – Safeguarding Morocco’s Avian Treasures: Conservation Challenges and Triumphs
Sidi Imad Cherkaoui is an Associate Professor at the Scientific Institute in Rabat, Mohammed V University, Morocco, and an ornithologist with a strong focus on landscape ecology and waterbirds. He has extensive experience in nature conservation, having worked with international organizations like BirdLife International and WWF, and has led projects aimed at protecting endangered species...
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