Caption

Cavity-nesting bird... Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) with soil on its beak, probably just digging at its breeding den, now hunting, hunter, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 21, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A39_475

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26,3Mb (1,0Mb) / 8,3in x 12,4in / 2475 x 3712 (300dpi)

Keywords

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