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Flamingos in the heart of La Mancha

Pétrola, Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa, Albacete

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Flamingos in the heart of La Mancha

Curiosity · Pétrola, Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa, Albacete

Image of Pétrola, not of the place itself.

Despite lying more than 800 metres above sea level and far from the sea, the salt lagoon of Pétrola is one of the few places in Spain where the greater flamingo actually breeds.

Photo: Fcogorub (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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