Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
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How it came to be
Djoudj, in the Senegal River delta north-east of Saint-Louis, is a 16,000-hectare wetland of a large lake surrounded by streams, ponds and backwaters. It is the first stopover for migrating birds after they cross the Sahara.
More than 1.5 million birds of 365 species use it, over 120 of them migrants from the Palaearctic. White pelicans, flamingos, spoonbills and great egrets are the most visible.
It was inscribed in 1981. After the Diama dam downstream began operating in 1988, the water regime changed and invasive water plants spread. The park was on the danger list twice, from 1984 to 1988 and from 2000 to 2006.
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