Lake Rosa

Lake Rosa, also known as lake Windsor, is a large wetland that occupies most of the 184,000-acre Inagua National Park that, in 1965, became the second nature reserve to be assigned to the fledgling Bahamas National Trust. The park's history is inextricably linked with the existence of flamingos - the "king" of Bahamian birds. Although the Bahamas later passed legislation to protect wild birds such as flamingos, when the National Flamingo Union, surveyed the Caribbean in 1950, they noticed that many nesting sites for flamingos, the cranes have disappeared - due to the expansion of the human population. In Inagua itself, it is reported that the number of flamingos has dropped to about a thousand.

Lake Rosa is a massive 19 km long saline inland wetland that occupies almost a quarter of Inagua National Park. This is the largest saltwater lake in the Bahamas. It is also home to more bird species than anywhere in the Bahamas and is known as an Important Bird Area (IBA). There is a vibrant population of flamingos at the lake and is surrounded by a large number of other bird species, such as the native Bahama parrot, the endemic Bahama wood-star hummingbird, the Bahama macaw, the brown pelican, the three herons, the skunk, red macaw, cormorant, Roseate spoonbill, and American kestrel. Thanks to the diversity of creatures and beautiful scenery, lake Rosa deserves to be one of the best lakes to visit in the Bahamas.

• Location: Inagua National Park, Bahamas