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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!

Miquel Condom (DBF Junior) – Migration in the Dark: Uncovering the Potential of Nocmig
Miquel Condom Tibau is a 17-year-old young ornithologist from Girona. His passion for nature, and especially for ornithology, began when he was 13 years old, and since then he hasn’t stopped exploring and learning about this fascinating world. Now, with plans to start a degree in Physics, he remains just as involved in this field...
Jacob González-Solís – AMPLIAMAR: GPS Telemetry of Seabirds in Spanish Waters Applied to the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas
Jacob González-Solís is a professor, head of the seabird ecology research group at the University of Barcelona, and principal investigator of the AMPLIAMAR project. He specializes in the biology and conservation of seabirds and ocean ecosystems. His research focuses particularly on movement ecology, interactions with fisheries, and the impact of human activities on the marine...
Roger Espluga, Vívian Escoda y Xavier Riera – Garden Birds for Schools, Bringing Birds into the Classroom
Roger Espluga is a biologist specializing in Ecology and Biodiversity, passionate about nature, with a long career in environmental education and teaching as a secondary school teacher. He currently works at the Environmental Education Service of the Department of Territory and is a member of the coordination team of the Green Schools Network. Vívian Escoda...
Dani López – Audiovisual Language as a Means of Conservation
Dani López is a wildlife photographer and videographer, Fujifilm collaborator, and founder of Mandeo Records. In recent years, he has worked as a filmmaker, producing and directing various projects in China, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Germany, the UK, Portugal, Costa Rica, Mexico, Switzerland, Poland, Tibet, and more. Currently, he focuses his nature audiovisual production on creating...
Paul Dufour – Why lost birds matter: what the study of vagrancy can reveal about migration
Paul Dufour is a researcher at the Swiss Ornithological Institute. His research explores how bird movements evolve and contribute to eco-evolutionary processes. His recent work focuses on vagrancy events, aiming to understand their underlying causes and how lost individuals could act as pioneers in establishing new migration routes. Vagrant birds were historically neglected in research due...
Andrea Camacho and Marta Josa – L’Ovella Verda
The live podcast of L’Ovella Verda returns to the Delta Birding Festival! L’Ovella Verda is an environmental outreach association in Catalan, through podcasts and social media. The name comes from the expression “black sheep,” which refers to that different, rebellious member of the family; in our case, the one who’s more environmentally conscious and curious...
Bonner Black – Beyond The Birds
Award-winning singer-songwriter and viral birder, Bonner Black, original from Hot Rock, Tennessee, has captivated audiences worldwide —garnering over 20 million views across Instagram and TikTok, and leading bird walks before her shows on tour. She has collaborated with The Audubon Society in the US and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the...
Per Alström – AviList: a unified global bird checklist
Prof. Per Alström is an expert ornithologist working at at Uppsala University, affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, deputy Editor-in-Cheif of the international ornithological journal Avian Research and a former member of the AviList Core Team. He has been involved in descriptions of 7 species and 3 subspecies of birds new to science and is the...
Fernando Gómez, Paloma Troya and Elvia G. Troya – Guía visual de huellas y rastros de la fauna de España y resto de Europa book presentation
With publication scheduled for September 2025, during this talk we will have the exclusive opportunity to enjoy the very first presentation of this remarkable tracking guide, written by expert trackers Fernando Gómez, Paloma Troya and Elvia G. Troya, and edited and published by Tundra. Comprised of four volumes, it is the most extensive and comprehensive...
Francesc Giró – The Contribution of Private Landownership to Nature Conservation
Francesc Giró holds a degree in biological sciences and pursued further studies in the United Kingdom with a Master’s in Nature Conservation and in California with studies in wildlife management and conservation. He worked at the Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Natural Park at the time of its creation and later at the Department of Environment of...
“Photos from the first twenty years of ICO’s history (from the beginnings up to 1995)” inner exhibition
This eleventh edition of the Delta Birding Festival coincides with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Merops group, which, together with the Delta group, were the precursors of what we now know as the Catalan Ornithological Institute (ICO). That is why, in this context, the ICO has organized a series...
Josep del Hoyo – Videos: A Powerful Tool to Document the Birds of the World
Josep del Hoyo is the editor of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (1992–2013), the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (2014–2016), and All the Birds of the World, a single-volume compendium of all bird species (2020). Since 1998, he has been a passionate bird videographer, with...