Caption

Two ruff flying together fighting, wings spread out over green grass, ruff (Calidris pugnax, syn.: Philomachus pugnax), courtship display, France, Europe

Date

May 23, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ronald Wittek

Reference

BRK25F54_362

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

53.9Mb (1.7Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

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