Caption

Sand martin colony... Sand martin (Riparia riparia), two sand martins sitting in the entrances of their breeding burrows in a steep bank in a sand pit, looking out, smallest native swallow, cavity nester, native nature, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 15, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M96_438

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,4Mb (2,6Mb) / 14,6in x 9,7in / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Keywords

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