Tally hopes: flamingo count in Spain - in pictures
Volunteers prepare to walk into a lagoon to gather flamingo chicks at dawnPhotograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty ImagesFlamingos fly at dawn Photograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersThe birds are corralled into a penPhotograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos on the Iberian peninsula, is a nature reserve and a haven for birds, with more than 170 different species recordedPhotograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersA volunteer holds a flamingo as it is fitted with an identity ringPhotograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersA volunteer releases a flamingo Photograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersVolunteers measure and tag a flamingo chick Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty ImagesA flamingo chick is carried into the lagoonPhotograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty ImagesA flamingo chick is carried away from the crowd by a volunteer before it is releasedPhotograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty ImagesFree again: a tagged chick escapes into the Fuente de Piedra lakePhotograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty ImagesA volunteer holds a flamingo after it has been fitted with an identity tagPhotograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersAround 500 flamingos were tagged and measured in the operationPhotograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
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