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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

Tally hopes: flamingo count in Spain - in pictures

Flamingos: Volunteers walk at the Fuente de Piedra lake
Volunteers prepare to walk into a lagoon to gather flamingo chicks at dawn Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Flamingos: Flamingos fly at dawn
Flamingos fly at dawn Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: Flamingos move around a pen after they were coralled by volunteers
The birds are corralled into a pen Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Flamingos: Volunteers gather flamingo chicks at the Fuente de Piedra nature reserve, n
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 recorded Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer holds a flamingo as it is fitted with an identity ring
A volunteer holds a flamingo as it is fitted with an identity ring Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer releases a flamingo
A volunteer releases a flamingo Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer tags a flamingo chick
Volunteers measure and tag a flamingo chick Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Flamingos: A volunteer carries a flamingo chick during a tagging and control operation
A flamingo chick is carried into the lagoon Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Flamingos: A volunteer carries a flamingo chick
A flamingo chick is carried away from the crowd by a volunteer before it is released Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Flamingos: A flamingo chick runs on the Fuente de Piedra lake which is also a nature r
Free again: a tagged chick escapes into the Fuente de Piedra lake Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Flamingos: A volunteer holds a flamingo after it was fitted with an identity ring. Aro
A volunteer holds a flamingo after it has been fitted with an identity tag Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: Around 500 flamingos are tagged and measured before being placed in the lag
Around 500 flamingos were tagged and measured in the operation Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
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