One of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe is measured and tagged to monitor the evolution of the species at the lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain.
Flamingos: Flamingos fly at dawn – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: Volunteers walk at the Fuente de Piedra lake – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: Flamingos move around a pen after they were coralled by volunteers – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: Volunteers gather flamingo chicks at the Fuente de Piedra nature reserve – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer holds a flamingo as it is fitted with an identity ring – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer tags a flamingo chick – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer carries a flamingo chick during a tagging and control operation – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer carries a flamingo chick – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A flamingo chick runs on the Fuente de Piedra lake – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: A volunteer holds a flamingo after it was fitted with an identity ring – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Flamingos: Around 500 flamingos are tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon – Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
This article was written and published by the Guardian UK.
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