Caption

It's all about the worm... Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), well-known limicole, wading bird, foraging in a field, pulling an earthworm from the ground, using its powerful orange beak as a tool, native birds, animals, nature, North Holland, Netherlands, Western Europe

Date

Jun 17, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G11_063

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25,8Mb (1,2Mb) / 12,3in x 8,2in / 3676 x 2451 (300dpi)

Keywords

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