Caption

Highly specialised... Sand martin (Riparia riparia), Europe's smallest swallow, seeks shelter in a steep bank, on a sand wall, cavity-nesting bird on bank erosions and in sand pits, gravel pits, native nature, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 30, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M97_025

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.4Mb (2.9Mb) / 14.6in x 9.7in / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted gravel pit sand Bird wild animal animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife Europe Passerine Songbird steep river bank european Germany Sand Martin sandpit wildlife photography Niederrhein natural environment swallow bird photography Central Europe Western europe steep bank smallest no one animals in the wild open air NRW fauna Oscine shore German Federal Republic Bank swallow sand pit Lower Rhine habitat Swallow Middle Europe No People Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia watershore Republic of Germany natural habitat nobody North-Rhine Westphalia waterfront FRG uninhabited empty gravel pits Birds wild animals animals Passerines Songbirds steeply river banks Sand Martins sandpits natural environments swallows steep banks Oscines shores Bank swallows Swallows watershores BRD Europe's banks of Steilufer water shore