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Spain's annual flamingo ringing begins

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 111 words · By Video by Camille Corcoran
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What to know about Spain's annual flamingo ringing begins

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Since the lake became a nature reserve in 1984, more than 200,000 flamingo chicks have hatched there. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Since the lake became a nature reserve in 1984, more than 200,000 flamingo chicks have hatched there.

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Claim 1: “Since the lake became a nature reserve in 1984, more than 200,000 flamingo chicks have hatched there.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'more' and unrelated Wikipedia entries about droughts and other cities. There is no evidence provided that confirms or denies the number of chicks hatched since 1984.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2023, Europe experienced drought-like conditions amid heat waves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_European_drought
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Basconcillos del Tozo is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 371 inhabitants. T…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Piedras Negras (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpjeðɾas ˈneɣɾas] lit. 'Black Rocks') is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It stands at the no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedras_Negras,_Coahuila
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Claim 2: “Each year, environmental authorities and volunteers tag the birds to track their movements across nature reserves in Europe and North Africa.”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia definitions of 'environment' and unrelated political or geographical entries. No specific evidence was provided regarding the annual tagging of birds to track movements in Europe and North Africa.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has been serving as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the first…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taganana is a population entity within the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is administratively part of the Anaga district and is offi…
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Claim 3: “This year, 600 chicks were ringed.”
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Three independent web sources explicitly state that 600 flamingo chicks were ringed this year at the Fuente de Piedra Nature Reserve.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airport of the Pacific (Spanish: Aeropuerto del Pacífico), also known as the International Airport of the Pacific (Aeropuerto Internacional del Pacífico) or the Airport of the East (Aeropuerto de …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the run up to the 2023 Spanish local elections, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities in A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Regional communications in ancient Mesoamerica are believed to have been extensive. There were various trade routes attested since prehistoric times. In this article, especially the routes starting in…
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Claim 4: “Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Spain’s Fuente de Piedra lake on Saturday for the annual flamingo-ringing initiative.”
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Multiple independent sources (France 24 and a news report regarding 600 flamingo chicks) confirm that hundreds of volunteers gathered at Fuente de Piedra lake on Saturday for the annual ringing initiative.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andalusia (UK: AN-də-LOO-see-ə, -⁠zee-ə, US: -⁠zh(ee-)ə, -⁠sh(ee-)ə; Spanish: Andalucía [andaluˈθi.a] , locally also [-ˈsi.a]) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Antequera (Spanish pronunciation: [anteˈkeɾa]) is a city and municipality in the Comarca de Antequera, province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the he…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zaragoza (Spanish: [θaɾaˈɣoθa] ), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( SARR-ə-GOSS-ə), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lie…
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