Caption

Ready to go... Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), adult male in moult into breeding plumage, breeding plumage, on migration, resting in a wet meadow, meadow limicole, wader, migratory bird, native nature, Lake Dümmer, Lower Saxony, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Apr 18, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G52_214

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,2Mb (2,1Mb) / 16,4in x 10,9in / 4928 x 3280 (300dpi)

Keywords

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