Caption

Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) – a female at her nesting hole in an old oak tree, wildlife, woodpeckers, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, nature photography, spring, Wilnsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

May 22, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Burkhard Sauskojus

Reference

BRK26H51_455

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

59.9Mb (20.0Mb) / 18.7in x 12.5in / 5602 x 3735 (300dpi)

Keywords

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