1. A flurry of flamingos

2. A flamingo chick is seen next to volunteers as they wade across the lagoon. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

3. Manuel Redon, Director of the Fuente de Piedra lagoon, releases a flamingo chick after it was fitted with an identity ring. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

4. Volunteers wade across the lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks and place them inside a corral to be fitted with identity rings. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

5. Flamingos are seen after flamingo chicks were fitted with identity rings by volunteers. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

6. Volunteers wade across the lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

7. Flamingo chicks are seen in a corral before being fitted with identity rings at a lagoon. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

8. The dry floor of a lagoon is seen after flamingo chicks were fitted with identity rings. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

9. A volunteer looks at a flamingo inside a corral before being fitted with an identity ring. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

10. A flamingo is seen in a corral before being fitted with an identity ring. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

11. Volunteers, Maria Victoria de Torres (L), 68, and her sister Ana (R), 73, wade across the lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks and place them inside a corral. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

12. Flamingos fly during dawn while flamingo chicks are fitted with identity rings. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

13. Volunteers try to release a pile of flamingo chicks to place them inside a corral. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

14. Volunteers stand around flamingo chicks gathered in a corral before being fitted with identity rings. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

15. A volunteer releases a flamingo chick after it was fitted with an identity ring. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

16. Manuel Redon, Director of Fuente de Piedra lagoon, releases a flamingo chick. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

17. A flamingo is seen at a lagoon, where around 600 flamingo chicks will be tagged, measured and placed there by volunteers at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

18. Flamingos fly during dawn while flamingo chicks are fitted with identity rings. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

19. Volunteers carry a flamingo chick after it was fitted with an identity ring. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

20. A volunteer carries a flamingo chick after it was fitted with an identity ring. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

21. Volunteers stand around flamingo chicks gathered in a corral before being fitted with identity rings. REUTERS/Jon Nazca