2013 • 22' • French, German
Director(s): Christophe Bourges • Producer(s): Grand Angle Production • Coproducer(s): France Télévisions • Format(s): HD
With its dunes and its wetland areas, the Ebro Delta is a paradise for birds and a favourite haunt for ornithologists. In this protected area, we follow Rémi, a French ornithologist newly arrived in Barcelona. The tour begins in the very heart of this teeming city. This passionate lover of nature takes us to see the denizens of the air, from the city that has won him over to the delta of the River Ebro, 175 kilometres further south. In every season there is an extraordinary diversity of species to be observed: flamingos, terns, ducks and herons that nest upon these lands or make them a stop-over on their long migration routes. With a team of bird-ringers from the Nature Reserve, he is taking part in a survey of an endangered species: Audouin’s Gull. The Ebro delta is also the granary of Spain. A vast, flat delta ideal for growing rice for over a century. The estuary folk here are rice farmers, canal supervisors, lovers of nature with a character that is neither of the land, nor an island, but of the delta, based on mutual support and sharing. Rebellious, hard workers committed to protecting their land from the threats that lurk over it…
