As promised many times, I've finally got some of the Kenya photos edited and online. This first batch is taken at Lake Nakuru National Park in central Kenya. Although there's lots of mammals there, including White Rhino (as per the picture of one taking a rest in the shade), there's also lots of birds too. Although there are many wading birds (such as Pied Avocets, Little Egrets and of course Flamingos), there's other birds too, including the Superb Starling (see below - a personal favourite, mostly due to having seen them in captivity locally at Lotherton Hall). We also got to see several eagles, although identifying them and taking decent photos of them proved difficult.

Unfortunately, the flamingo numbers have declined somewhat. The older guide books described the lake as being tinged pink with flocks of flamingos. However, as evidenced here and here, this is no longer the case. I'm not sure there's a clearly understood reason for this, but drought (reducing water levels, which in turn alters the chemistry of the soda lake) and pollution of the lake from sewage and industrial effluent are likely to be significant contributing factors.

There's now a Kenya set on Flickr where I'll upload all the Kenya photos, although I may create separate sets for each area we visited as well. I've also created a Kenya album on this site, which will be split into each area/park, including a Lake Nakuru album, as and when I get the remaining photos edited and posted up.

Talking of which, the Lake Baringo photos are edited, and awaiting to go online, the Nairobi, Samburu and Mount Kenya photos are filtered and awaiting editing, which just leaves 1,000 photos from Masai Mara to sift through. Oh, and the photos of Northumbria (including the Farne Islands) from earlier in 2006. And a few other bits and pieces too!