Caption

Two common house martins, northern house martin pair (Delichon urbicum) collecting mud in beak from puddle for building nest in spring

Date

Jun 04, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi/Arterra

Reference

BRK26B73_117

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.2Mb (2.6Mb) / 17.4in x 11.6in / 5229 x 3486 (300dpi)

Keywords

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