Precisely why the shallow lake and its flamingo population are shrinking remains a complex question. The water catchment area around Nakuru has been heavily deforested, and its rivers are running dry.

Nakuru, Kenya - Five years ago, dead flamingos littered the drying shores of Lake Nakuru in Kenya's scenic Rift Valley. Sickly birds struggled to stand upright while stray dogs scavenged on the ...

From afar, the flamingos lining the edge of Lake Nakuru are a shimmering carpet of pink. Close up, they are a cacophony of flapping wings. The thousands of pink flamingos that congregate on the lakes ...

Eight years ago, rising water levels in Kenya's Lake Nakuru drove away the clouds of pink coloured flamingos that were the park's biggest draw. Rangers say their disappearance triggered a drop in ...

However Nakuru almost doubled in ... driving further lake level rises in the future. It's not entirely bad news, for the flamingos at least. Six of the 22 lakes provided more suitable flamingo ...

The flock of flamingos in Lake Nakuru increases immediately after the rainy season because of abundant algae, and decreases during the dry season. The birds can be viewed through several ...

However Nakuru almost doubled in ... driving further lake level rises in the future. It’s not entirely bad news, for the flamingos at least. Six of the 22 lakes provided more suitable flamingo ...

However Nakuru almost doubled in ... driving further lake level rises in the future. It’s not entirely bad news, for the flamingos at least. Six of the 22 lakes provided more suitable flamingo ...

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Months after Lake Nakuru National Park was ranked among world’s most colourful lakes in the world by Conde Nast Traveller, a travel website, sightings of hundreds of flamingos are back to grace ...