Seagulls transport 400 kilos of plastic a year in their crops to a lagoon where thousands of flamingos breed. Birds ingest them in landfills and disperse them in Fuente de Piedra (Málaga) The CSIC warns that the problem may affect other aquatic ecosystems in Spain.

Ingesting plastics is harmful to birds and can even be fatal, but this study shows that it can also cause problems in natural ecosystems, which birds use as resting or breeding areas.