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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 DBF24 outdoor exhibition will be about Ebro Delta Natural Park
During the days 20, 21 and 22 September you will be able to enjoy the outdoor exhibition, located inside MónNatura Delta, next to the salt pans, with incredible photographs of the fauna, flora, landscapes and much more of our beloved Ebro Delta Natural Park. Thanks to the Generalitat de Catalunya sponsorship and the Ebro Delta...
Francesc Kirchner, Laura Núñez, Marta Montenegro, Blanca Martí, Xavier Riera, Toni Llobet, Rafa Armada and Francesco Rovedo – Oryx Magazine presentation
After 9 months of gestation, Oryx magazine has born and there is no better meeting point than the DBF to introduce it! Francesc Kirchner – director of the magazine -, Laura Núñez – editor-in-chief of the magazine – and Marta Montenegro – layout designer of the magazine -, Francesco Rovedo – designer of the web...
Oriol and Eduard Fontdevila and Francesc Kirchner – “Explorant el mapa” Cossetània guides presentation
Oriol and Eduard are ornithologists and have designed the new collection of Explorant el Mapa guides together with Oryx. These guides are ideal for identifying birds with the whole family touring the natural parks of Catalonia. In these guides there is a selection of 60 species of birds specific to each natural park, some easier...
Ricard Gutiérrez and Rafa Armada – VAMOS A LA PLAYA by Ricard Gutiérrez book presentation
Ricard Gutiérrez is an ornithologist specialized in wildlife conservation and has written the book Vamos a la playa, published by Tundra. When you work hard on the conservation of species and their habitats, any opportunity to reach more people, to spread information, to raise awareness is ground gained in favour of the preservation of nature...
Ricard Gutiérrez – Let’s recover the 3 endangered anatids and the red-knobbed coot. Mission Impossible?
Ricard Gutiérrez is head of Generalitat de Catalunya Wildlife Conservation Section of the Fauna and Flora Service, he was director of the Delta del Llobregat Natural Reserves between 1990 and 2005 and has directed the network of protected natural areas, in aside from working on coastal and marine biodiversity. The inaugural conference of the Delta...
Rafael Armada, Alejandra Rendón, Ricard Gutiérrez and Mariano Cebolla – PORTFOLIO 1- PHOTOGRAPHS AND STORIES OF EXTRAORDINARY BIRDS by Rafael Armada Book Presentation
This work is Rafael Armada’s first book and has been shaped by more than thirty years dedicated to birdwatching and photography, offering a glimpse into a rarely told natural world, a visual journey to some places on Earth you may never have heard of before. Through Armada’s lens, explore the farthest corners of the globe,...
Screening of the URPA documentary
After the premiere in cinemas this first quarter of 2024 of Urpa, thanks in part to the help provided by the sale of tickets for the last edition of the Delta Birding Festival, we will screen the documentary that gave its name to the conservation project of 2023, in Marquee 1. The documentary “URPA, a...
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...