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Lake Nakuru | |
Lake Nakuru , a small (it varies from 5 to 30 square kilometers) shallow alkaline lake on the edge of the town of Nakuru lies about 160 kilometers north of Nairobi . It can therefore be visited in a day tour from the capital or more likely as part of a circuit taking in the Masai Mara or Lake Baringo and east to Samburu . The lake is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on earth - myriads of fuschia pink flamingos whose numbers are legion, often more than a million - or even two million. They feed on the abundant algae , which thrives in the warm waters. Scientists reckon that the flamingo population at Nakuru consumes about 250,000 kilos of algae per hectare of surface area per year. There are two types of flamingo species: the Lesser flamingo can be distinguished by its deep red carmine bill and pink plumage unlike the greater, which has a bill with a black tip. The Lesser flamingos are ones that are commonly pictured in documentaries mainly because they are large in number. The number of Flamingos is decreasing due to too much tourism, resulting in industries nearby who dump waste into the waters. The lake is also drying up, and the combination of pollution and drought destroys the flamingos' food, Cyano-bacteria, or blue-green algae, and causing them to migrate to the nearby Lake Simbi Nyaima. The flamingos feed on algae , created from their droppings mixing in the warm alkaline waters, and plankton . But flamingo are not the only avian attraction, also present are two large fish eating birds, pelicans and cormorants . Despite the tepid and alkaline waters, a diminutive fish, tilapia grahami has flourished after being introduced in the early 1960's. The lake is rich in other birdlife. There are over 400 resident species on the lake and in the surrounding park. Thousands of both little grebes and white winged black terns are frequently seen as are stilts , avocets , ducks , and in the European winter the migrant waders. Safari's and Packages which include Lake Nakuru: |
Flamingoes flock Lake Nakuru in their thousands |
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An aerial view of Lake Nakuru
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