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A conferences, workshops and presentations program in three simultaneous spaces with national and international renown speakers. Watch the program and don't miss the ones that interest you the most!
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- Sunday
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....
- Saturday morning
Fernando Gómez – Journey to the Paleolithic Age. The last Tanzania trackers, the Hadza
Fernando Gómez is an expert in wildlife tracking techniques at an international level, runs tracking services with SERAFO and is a tracking guide for Rift Valley Expeditions. At the Delta Birding Festival, he will talk about tracking in Africa. There is a place north of Lake Eyasi where the last Tanzanian trackers survive. On the...
- Saturday afternoon
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...
- Saturday afternoon
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...
- Saturday afternoon
Jan Van Gils – Arctic warming felt by the Knot even in the Tropics
Jan van Gils is appointed as honorary professor of Global Change Ecology of Migrant Shorebirds at the University of Groningen. As an ecologist, Van Gils (NIOZ and UG) investigates shorebirds, with a particular focus on the red knot, which breeds in the Arctic and migrates through the Netherlands to its winter quarters in West Africa. ...
- Saturday morning
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....
- Saturday morning
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,...
- Sunday
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...
- Saturday morning
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...
- Sunday
Marc Fusellas – SAM (Seabird Monitoring)
Marc Fusellas is an ICO environmental technician and works in the coordination team of the Common Bird Monitoring of Catalonia (SOCC). In their conference, he will talk about SAM (Seabird Monitoring), a specific monitoring of seabirds that aims to fill the gap in ornithological knowledge about bird populations that move along the Catalan coast. This...
- Saturday morning
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...
- Saturday morning
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,...