Caption

Circular breeding cavity... Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), young woodpecker looks out of its nesting cavity in an old birch tree, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 23, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A96_340

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25,8Mb (1,9Mb) / 8,2in x 12,3in / 2450 x 3675 (300dpi)

Keywords

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