Caption

After the work is done... Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), female sits with dirty beak on a branch, resting, looking for food after digging her nest tube, breeding den, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 27, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G55_438

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24,9Mb (827,0Kb) / 9,8in x 9,8in / 2950 x 2950 (300dpi)

Keywords

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