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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!

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...
Albert Cama – Identification of seagulls in Catalonia. A challenge, but not that difficult
Albert is a wildlife biologist and technician. He currently works at Minuartia on wildlife management work geared towards applied science, where he solves problems caused by wild animals, largely in the interaction between birds and aviation safety. In his workshop, we will review the main elements that need to be taken into account in order...
Helena Navalpotro – Tracking the first translocations of the Dupont’s lark using automatic telemetry
Helena is a biologist and environmental technician at the Forestry Science and Technology Center of Catalonia (CTFC) and has previously worked on the Eurasian turtledove monitoring project. In the talk, he will present the first results of monitoring the translocations of the Dupon’s lark carried out in Castilla la Mancha as part of the LIFE...
Enric Badosa – Second Atlas of nesting birds in the Maresme: the repetition of a collective effort!
Enric Badosa is a biologist, ornithologist, professor and member of the Catalan Institute of Ornithology, and also a member of the Preserve the Maresme Coast Platform. At the Delta Birding Festival he will talk to us about the second Atlas of nesting birds in the Maresme. Maresme is a region with a strong ornithological tradition....
Artur Morales – Citizen science has no age (DBF Junior)
Artur is the second Junior that we introduce you this DBF edition, a 15-year-old boy who has loved nature all his life, but who did not discover the world of ornithology until the famous confinement of 2020. Thanks to summer camps, guided trips and the accompaniment of some people with extensive ornithological knowledge, that hobby...
Thiago Birds – Teaching with feathers (DBF Junior)
We introduce you the first Junior speaker, but not only that, but also the first underage and young speaker from Latin America: Thiago Rosero Lasso known in Colombia as “Thiago Birds”. Thiago has always wondered why we don’t study birds from childhood and why we have to wait until we are adults to be able...
Laura Sánchez – Challenging extinction: Sea Shepherd and the vaquita protection
Laura is a marine biologist and conservationist and has worked for the NGO Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for 7 years. This organization is dedicated to the protection of the World’s oceans, and Laura has dedicated her time to the campaign that fights to save the most endangered marine mammal: the vaquita. This Mexican porpoise, of...