Lake Merzouga or Lake Dayet Srij
A few kilometers from the village of Merzouga is Lake Dayet Srij . It is also rightly called the lake of flamingos because it has long remained dry but today welcomes a wide variety of birds, including a colony of incredible pink flamingos …
We invite you to go there in the evening to see the sunset in a very relaxing atmosphere, and admire the magical reflection of the large dune on the surface of the lake. A very natural tourist activity !
Lake Merzouga: a great biodiversity
Lake Dayet Srij in Merzouga is renowned for its great biodiversity. This nature reserve includes many species among which you can find:
- Calandrella lark
- Sand martin
- Tawny pipit
- Desert Sirli
- Tree Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Yellow Wagtail
- Grey Wagtail
- Persian Bee-eater
- Meshed Turtle Dove
- Ruddy shelduck
- Black Stork
- White stork
- Crowned Ganga
- Spotted Sandgrouse
- Black Tern
- White-rumped knight
- Redshank
- Pink flamingos
- Varied fighter
- Temminck’s Sandpiper
- Little Sandpiper
- Northern Lapwing
- Interrupted ring-necked plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Collared Pratincole
- Elegant Avocet
- Black-winged Stilt
- Coot
- Quail
- Barbary Falcon
- Osprey
- Marbled Teal
- Northern Shoveler Duck
- Little Egret
This non-exhaustive list of species recorded around Lake Merzouga is taken from the report entitled “Ornithological observations in Morocco”, produced from March 20 to April 4, 2004, by Pierre Yésou & Martine South . Additional information can be found
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