Caption

Cavity-nesting bird... Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) with soil on its beak, probably just digging at its breeding den in a nearby cliff, now hunting, sitting on a branch above the water, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

Mar 16, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G11_303

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.4Mb (1.4Mb) / 14.6in x 9.7in / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Keywords

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