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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!

The Embut and Illa de Mar: two purification wetlands full of birdlife
The Embut Wetland and the Illa de Mar Wetland are two purification wetlands in the Ebro Delta built by ACUAMED (Ministry for Ecological Transition) and managed by AQUAMBIENTE (AGBAR group) that have become, since its formation in 2013, privileged places for the migration and nesting of a large number of birds, coming to identify more...
Carles Durà – European Solidarity Corps: setting up a biological station in Montseny
Carles Durà is a field biologist specialized in ornithology and conservation biology, who currently works as the director of the Montseny Biological Station, where, in addition to housing scientists doing studies in the Montseny: the project of volunteering of the European Solidarity Corps where international volunteers stay, located in Fontmartina. These international volunteers participate in...
The Besòs biodiversity refuge in Santa Coloma de Gramenet – Juli Mauri and Joan Mor
Juli Mauri and Joan Mor are the technicians of the Besòs River renaturalization project from 2022 and 2023, respectively. The recovery of the Besòs and its biodiversity is part of the Besòs river renaturation strategy to increase its resilience to face the impacts of climate change, and includes freeing the ecosystems from human pressure so...
Do you want to know which movie will be projected on Saturday, September 21?
On the night of Saturday, September 21, we are waiting for you, as every year, in Plaça de Poblenou (Pl. de la Font Poble Nou del Delta) at 10 p.m. to enjoy the outdoor cinema night with the documentary of the audiovisual by Seán Ronayne: BIRDSONG. The ornithologist is on a mission to record the...
Àlex Ollé and Joan Goy – Status change of the pallid harrier in western Europe. Implications in their identification and hybridizations.
Àlex Ollé and Joan Goy are passionate about birds of prey and their identification. Through photography, they have captured multiple images that they use to analyze the molts and date these wonderful birds. In this regard, they have just published a field guide: Ibéricas Diurnal Birds of Prey by Tundra publishing house. One of the...
Emma Guinart – The Kentish plover and the Sisyphus myth. Future strategies and lines of action
Emma Guinart is an environmentalist with a special interest in ecology and conservation biology, and also in the different methods of population estimation of some species. She is a founding member of the Pelagicus association and currently works at Natura Montfred, a company dedicated to the conservation of protected and threatened species in Catalonia. At...
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...