Walvis Bay Lagoon hosts greater flamingos

WALVIS BAY, NAMIBIA - OCTOBER 21: Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) are seen feeding on the flooded, shallow, coastal mudflats in the Walvis Bay Lagoon, in Walvis Bay, Namibia on October 21, 2023. Walvis Bay Lagoon is one of the most important coastal barrier lakes in the Southern African region and it is located on the endless coast where the Namib Desert opens to the Atlantic Ocean. According to the Walvis Bay Tourism Office, every year tens of thousands of migratory birds of more than 150 species, especially greater and lesser flamingos, spend the whole summer in the lagoon and the surrounding salt flats. (Photo by Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Anadolu via Getty Images)