David Lindo

{{short description|British birdwatcher and author}}

{{about||the English Sephardi communal worker|David Abarbanel Lindo}}

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David Lindo is a British birdwatcher and author. Also known as the Urban Birder, he is a regular contributor to Bird Watching magazine and has written a number of books including The Urban Birder, published in 2011{{cite web |title=BBC One Britain's Big Wildlife Revival |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4wjWc8grzsSycyzmnCwrxW/david-lindo |website=BBC One |accessdate=7 June 2020}} and How to be an Urban Birder, published in 2014. More recent publications include a book for children, The Extraordinary World of Birds, published in 2022. He is a vice-president of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. He is a regular guest presenter on BBC Radio 4's Tweet of the Day, where he has spoken about the osprey,{{cite web |title=Tweet of the Day- David Lindo on the Osprey |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08spdww |website=BBC Radio 4 |accessdate=7 June 2020}} European robin and common kestrel and has also made appearances on TV shows such as Countryfile, The One Show and The Alan Titchmarsh Show.{{cite web |last1=Soh |first1=Stephanie |title=David Lindo, aka the Urban Birder: 'We need to embrace nature in our cities' |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/david-lindo-urban-birder-city-town-nature-1358131 |website=The i |accessdate=7 June 2020}} He launched a campaign in 2015 to find Britain's national bird and after more than 224,000 votes had been cast the robin was declared the winner, beating the barn owl and the common blackbird.{{cite web |title=Robin tops poll to find UK's 'national bird' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33090043#:~:text=He%20now%20plans%20to%20ask,and%20the%20blackbird%2C%2011%25. |website=BBC News |accessdate=7 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=Robin wins vote for UK's national bird |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/10/robin-wins-vote-uk-national-bird-britain |website=The Guardian |accessdate=7 June 2020}}

Lindo has been named by BBC Wildlife Magazine as one of the most influential people in wildlife.{{cite web |title=David Lindo - Lundy Ambassador |url=https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/about-us/our-people/landmark-ambassadors/our-ambassadors/david-lindo/ |website=www.landmarktrust.org.uk |access-date=6 March 2022}} In 2021, the Linnean Society of London presented Lindo with the H. H. Bloomer Award, given to an amateur naturalist deemed to have made "an important contribution to the knowledge of natural history".{{Cite web |title=The H. H. Bloomer Award |url=https://www.linnean.org/the-society/medals-awards-prizes-grants/the-h-h-bloomer-award |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=The Linnean Society |language=en}}