Title

Sand Martin

Caption

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) adult, in flight, inspecting nestholes in artificial nesting bank at edge of flooded former gravel pit, Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Mar 28, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jack Perks

Reference

BRK22D13_212

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,9Mb (1,8Mb) / 17,7in x 11,6in / 5315 x 3480 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bank swallow Bird Birds British Europe Hirundinidae No People North Europe Northern Europe Nottinghamshire Oscine Passeri Passeriformes Passerine Passerines Riparia riparia Rocky cliff Sand Martin Sand Martins Songbird Songbirds Swallow abandoned adult adult animal adult animals animal animals animals in the wild artificial bird photography breed breeding burrow breeding burrows breeding cavity cliff cliffs closed decommissionin deserted desolate desolated disused dreary drearyness empty fauna flight flights flood flooded floods fly flying former formerly forsaken gravel pit gravel pits habitat in flight in the air incubate incubating inspect inspecting mature matures mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves nest nest hole nesting hole nesting holes nests no one nobody out out of service out-of-service outdoor outdoors outside protected area reserve reserves rock rock face rock faces rock wall rocks sanctury sand shut down steep steep face steep faces steep wall steeply swallow swallows the rocks uninhabited unoccupied vacant water waters wetland wetlands wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography England gray grey monochromatic monochrome monotonous sandy Great Britain UK United Kingdom