About David
David Lindo is The Urban Birder – broadcaster, writer, speaker, tour leader and educator. His mission is to engage city folk around the world with the environment through the medium of birds.
He is the author of The Urban Birder, Tales from Concrete Jungles, #Urban Birding, How To Be An Urban Birder, The Extraordinary World of Birds and FLY: A Family Guide to Birds and How to Spot Them.
In 2020, David was shortlisted for the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Columnist of the Year Award. And in 2024 his book FLY was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Childrens Nature Writing.
In 2021, he was on the judging panel of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year and is a judge on both the Bird Photographer of the Year and The British Wildlife Photography Awards.
He has regular columns in many of the top wildlife magazines including Nature’s Home (the RSPB’s membership magazine with over 1 million circulation), Bird Watching Magazine (UK), BBC Wildlife Magazine and Bird Watchers Digest (USA). Plus, he has written countless articles on urban birds, urban conservation and wildlife in general for countless books, publications, magazines and plus the forewords and cover notes to many books. He is a regular television and radio presenter and has been featured on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 in the UK as well as other TV and radio channels around the world including CBS in the United States.
David was recently named as the 7th most influential person in wildlife by BBC Wildlife Magazine.
