Caption

Common house martin, northern house martin (Delichon urbicum) collecting mud in beak for building nest in spring

Date

Jun 04, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi / Arterra / Sven Erik Arndt

Reference

BRK25M12_418

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.4Mb (1.9Mb) / 15.2in x 10.1in / 4547 x 3031 (300dpi)

Keywords

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