Management of Nesting Sites for Greater Flamingos

In Europe and the western Mediterranean, Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) breed reg- ularly only in the Camargue (S. France), and at the temporary Laguna de Fuente de Piedra (Malaga, Spain). At the latter site, breeding is only possible following average or abundant autumn to spring rainfall, while in the Camargue colonies are established annually in an industrial salina. At both of these colonies, management techniques to coun- teract erosion and the lack of suitable nesting islands have been successfully applied in order to encourage breeding by flamingos.