Caption

Sand martin or Rhine martin, nominate (Riparia riparia riparia) sits in the breeding cavity in a sandy steep slope with several nest holes and looks out, breeding colony, steep coast on the Baltic Sea, Wulfener Steilküste nature reserve, Fehmarn Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Jul 23, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK24F51_100

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

81.4Mb (5.5Mb) / 22.0in x 14.4in / 6601 x 4311 (300dpi)

Keywords

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