Caption

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Transition from breeding dress to light dress, snipe bird, foraging on mudflats, shallow water zone, Baltic Sea coast, Fischland Darß-Zingst, Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 17, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25E69_218

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,4Mb (1,3Mb) / 16,7in x 9,4in / 5009 x 2818 (300dpi)

Keywords

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