Caption

Foraging for food... Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) on migration in a moor in Lower Saxony, highly endangered limicolous species, used to breed here too, now rare after habitat loss, native birds, animals, nature, Lower Saxony, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

Apr 18, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G11_175

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,4Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,6in x 9,7in / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Keywords

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