LAKE NAKURU

Moving north from Tsavo to Lake Nakuru with an overnight stay in Nairobi and another stop for lunch gave us a few more birds.

 D`ARNAUDS BARBET

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 MALACHITE KINGFISHER

 STRIATED/GREEN BACKED HERON

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 BLACK HEADED HERON

VIEW OF THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY
At the park entrance there were more birds and eventually we arrived at Sopa Lodge high on the ridge overlooking the lake.Nakuru lies just south of the Equator and was the northernmost spot on this trip

 BAGLAFECHT WEAVER

 FISCHERS LOVEBIRD

 ELAND
Sopa Lodge was very well appointed with lovely rooms and good food.

NOT EXACTLY MUD HUTS.

 THE WEATHER WAS A BIT DODGY....

SUNSET OVER SOPA.

 RUFOUS SPARROW

 BRIMSTONE CANARY

 LONG CRESTED EAGLE

 LONG CRESTED EAGLE

 ROCK MARTIN

 READY FOR THE EARLY MORNING SAFARI WITH BIG DAVE.

NAKURU SIGN POST

 WATER BUCK

 WATER BUCK

 BLACK SHOULDERED KITE

 BSK

 BSK

 COMMON FISCAL

 IMPALA & THOMSONS GAZELLE

 GREATER BLUE EARED STARLING

 GBES

 GRANTS GAZELLE

BUFFALO
We came upon these two lionesses resting after a nights hunting......

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 -Eventually they got up, stretched as cats do and strolled very leisurely towards us.

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 -They came right past the jeeps within arms length,could have stroked them, but no one fancied losing an arm.

 GRANTS GAZELLE

 GRANTS GAZELLE-Looks like he needs an Ox Pecker.

ROTHCHILDS GIRAFFE

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 BLACK  RHINOCEROS

 RED BILLED OX PECKER

 RBOP

 RBOP

 WHITE RHINO

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THE LAKE SHORE

 GREY HEADED GULLS

 GHG

 GHG

 GREAT &LESSER FLAMINGOES

 GREAT FLAMINGO

 GREAT WHITE PELICANS

 BLACK WINGED STILT

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 MARSH SANDPIPER

 MARSH SANDPIPER

 MARSH SANDPIPER

 MARSH SANDPIPER

 GREY HEADED GULL

 SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILL

 GREY WOODPECKER

 WHITE FRONTED BEE EATER

 ANTEATER CHAT-NORTHERN.

ROTHSCHILDS BULL GIRAFFE

 SPECKLED PIGEON

 CORDON BLEU

 ABYSSINIAN BLACK WHEATEAR

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 CORDON BLEU

 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD

 STREAKY SEEDEATER

 STREAKY SEEDEATER

 PURPLE GRENADIER

 COLOBUS MONKEY

MAKALIA FALLS ……...

 AFRICAN BLACK DUCK

 ABD

 THE MOON AT THE EQUATOR

 FEMALE IMPALA

 RED WINGED STARLING

 RWS

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 PALLID HARRIER

 PALLID HARRIER

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 GREEN WOOD-HOOPOE

 GWH

 GWH
All too soon our stay at Sopa Lodge was over and we headed out of the park south to Naivasha.

THE FRIDGE MAGNETS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.

COQUI FRANCOLIN

 YELLOW BILLED STORKS

 MARABOU STORK with an inflated throat pouch.

 MARABOU STORK & SPOONBILLS

 YELLOW BILLED STORK

SLEEPY BABOON.This old boy got up and grabbed our attention,while distracted his mate jumped into the jeep through the open roof stole Doreens sweets and legged it out again sharpish,we had been mugged.Could have been nasty but luckily all was well.

 A few from my phone.

 VIEW FROM SOPA LODGE

 BULL ROTHSCHILDS GIRAFFE

 CELEBRATING DOVERS WIN AT SALFORD

 SOPA SUNSET

 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE LAKE

THE BOYS...