Caption

Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), adult male, at his breeding den in an old beech tree, woodpecker, needs old trees, wildlife, native nature in Germany, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Western Europe

Date

May 13, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A95_164

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.1Mb (1.9Mb) / 12.4in x 18.6in / 3712 x 5568 (300dpi)

Keywords

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