Caption

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), male, foraging on the trunk of a silver birch (Betula pendula), wildlife, woodpeckers, nature photography, autumn, Wilnsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jan 21, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Burkhard Sauskojus

Reference

BRK26H36_079

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

75.9Mb (25.3Mb) / 17.2in x 17.2in / 5152 x 5152 (300dpi)

Keywords

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