David Lindo is The Urban Birder, bringing a fresh, urban perspective to modern birding. Tipped as the next Bill Oddie, the younger, hipper Lindo, first appeared on our screens as a contributor on Springwatch in 2006 where he took viewers for a guided bird walk around his ‘garden’, Wormwood Scrubs, in west London. Since then, he has become a regular natural history presenter on BBC1's primetime hit The One Show where he shares his love for urban birds and wildlife with the nation and has also appeared on Countrywise for ITV1.
From a very early age David knew that he was destined to be into wildlife. If you were to ask him what kicked off his interest in natural history, he would probably tell you that it came from a previous life! At the age of 8 he led ‘tours’ around his primary school woods for his schoolmates. It was also at this tender age that he obtained his first pair of binoculars, bought for him by his mother on HP for the princely sum of £14. There was no stopping him then!
David believes nature is all around us and that you don't have to be in the middle of the countryside to appreciate it; the city can be just as exciting. He is keen to spread the word that you needn't go far to appreciate nature — cities and urban areas are rich with wildlife. David hopes that by enhancing the profile for cool urban birding, more and more of us will turn our eyes to the skies and start appreciating the beautiful, often unlikely wildlife that defines our cityscapes.
Previously Head of Membership at the British Trust for Ornithology, David is the author of many articles on urban birds and writes for various websites and magazines including BBC Wildlife Magazine and the RSPB's membership magazine, Birds, which has a readership in excess of 3 million. He also has a regular column in Bird Watching Magazine and is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, including Tessa Dunlop's Friday Night Talk Show on BBC London 94.9, where he reviews the morning's papers and even answers the occasional wildlife question!
For more information on urban birding, including details of upcoming wildlife walks and talks, please visit David's website: theurbanbirder.com.
- Countrywise - ITV1
- The One Show - BBC1
- Springwatch - BBC1/BBC2
- BBC Breakfast - BBC1
- Radio:
- The Phil Gayle Show - BBC London 94.9
- The Eddie Nestor Show - BBC London 94.9
- The Howard Bentham Show - BBC Hereford & Worcester
- The Nicky Campbell Breakfast Show - BBC Radio 5 Live
- Tessa Dunlop's Friday Night Talk Show - BBC London 94.9