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Sat, Sep 12, 2026
6:15 PM – 7:05 PM (GMT+2)
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British naturalist David Lindo — widely known as The Urban Birder — is one of the world’s leading ornithology experts, as well as a writer, television presenter, guide, and environmental communicator. His great passion is connecting people living in cities with the birds and natural environments around them, offering a fascinating journey shaped by the beauty of nature and the rediscovery of our connection with it.
This transformative experience will be explored in a conversation with the British Ambassador to Spain, Sir Alex Ellis, a passionate music lover who believes that experiencing nature is essential to human development. The event will be moderated by journalist Irene Hernández Velasco.
At the end of the event, the author will sign copies of his books.
Event in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.
Speakers
Alex Ellis
Sir
ES: El Embajador de su Majestad Britanica para España
EN: His Majesty's Ambassador to Spain
David Lindo
Ornithologist, naturalist, radio and television host, tour guide and educator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lindo-1844332/
David Lindo, known as The Urban Birder, is an ornithologist, naturalist, radio and television host, tour guide, and educator, focused above all on connecting city dwellers with the environment through birdwatching. He is the author of The Urban Birder; How to Be an Urban Birder; Tales from the Concrete Jungle: Urban Birding Around the World; and The Extraordinary World of Birds. In 2020, Lindo was shortlisted for the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Columnist of the Year Award. And in 2024, his book FLY was shortlisted for the Wainwright Award for children’s nature literature. He is a regular contributor to several leading nature magazines, including Nature's Home (the RSPB's member magazine, with a circulation of over one million), Bird Watching Magazine (UK), BBC Wildlife Magazine, and Bird Watchers Digest (USA).
Irene Hernández Velasco
Journalist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/irene-hern%C3%A1ndez-velasco-65a5a4a/
Irene Hernández Velasco worked at El Mundo as a correspondent in New York, Rome, London, and Paris until 2023, when she joined El Confidencial, where she is the head of Culture.