Caption

A pair... Sand martin (Riparia riparia), two sand martins sitting together at the entrance to their breeding burrow in a sand wall on a steep bank, scratch marks on the wall reveal the activity of the swallows, looking around, our smallest swallow species, very interesting, unfortunately also very endangered bird species, cave breeders, native birds, wildlife, nature, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 16, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A97_348

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26,3Mb (2,2Mb) / 8,3in x 12,4in / 2475 x 3712 (300dpi)

Keywords

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