Riparia Riparia Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

The Sand martin (Riparia riparia) is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family (Hirundinidae). They are agile fliers and eat insects (mosquitoes and plant-louses) which they capture while they fly. It is believed that one family of Sand martin’s can eat up to 10,000 mosquitoes per day, which makes them very useful birds to people and other animals. They are spread throughout Europe, Asia and North America and in Northwestern and the North of Africa. European birds wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. Captured at one of their breeding sites on may 2020 at the Munnikenpolder, Leiderdorp in the Netherlands.

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, also known as bank swallow in flight, building a nest

Sand Martin at nest site

Sand martin on the face of a nesting wall

Three young sand martins are looking out of their burrow.

Sand martin landing on a branch in its habitat

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, two birds on branch, Worcestershire, May 2021

swallows at their nests in the sand wall

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, also known as bank swallow in flight, building a nest

Two sand martins (Riparia riparia) perching on sand.

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, also known as bank swallow in flight, hovering in the sky in search for a prey.

Riparia riparia; Alblasserdam, Netherlands

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia riparia) part of vast colony in active quarry Buna village, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina April

An adult Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) perched on a wire fence, against a blurred natural background, East Yorkshire, UK

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia).Wild bird in a natural habitat.

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) in flight with a blue sky and copy space, a migrating bird that can be found flying in the UK in the spring from March or April and is known as the Bank Swallow

Sand martin flying.

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, also known as bank swallow in flight, building a nest

L 12-13cm.

Couple of Sand-martins standing on nest entry

flying swallows isolated on white background, wild birds

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Two sand martins (Riparia riparia) perching on a twig.

Nesting holes of sand martin or bank swallow at the high bank of Hiddensee, Germany

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, at nest, Scotland, spring

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, single bird at nest entrance, Turkey

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) in flight with a blue sky and copy space, a migrating bird that can be found flying in the UK in the spring from March or April and is known as the Bank Swallow

Bird: Sand Martin. (Riparia riparia)

L 12-13cm.

Large nesting colony of shore swallows . Excavated burrows in the bank

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, also known as bank swallow in flight, building a nest

"European Swallow take off, lovely wingsup pose"

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) in flight with a blue sky and copy space, a migrating bird that can be found flying in the UK in the spring from March or April and is known as the Bank Swallow

Bank Swallow perched on a wire

Close up of tiny Swallows perched on the mud nests

Passeriformes (Hirundinidae): a) Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); b) House martin (Delichon urbicum, or Hirundo urbica); c) European sand martin (Riparia riparia, or Hirundo riparia). Chromolithograph after a watercolor by Emil Schmidt, published in 1887.

L 12-13cm. Breeds colonially in vertical sandy or earth banks, e.g. in gravel-pits and river banks, where nest is excavated (often a good metre horizontally into the earth). Rather tied to water, often seen in numbers hunting insects in low flight over lakes and rivers. Summer visitor (end March - begin October), winters in tropical W Africa. Prior to and during migration roosts commonly in large reed beds. Thie Picture is made from a scan of a Color Slide Location, Laon, France in 1981.

Two European Sandmartin in flight hunting for insects. Flying close behind eachother infront of a green and grey background.

Woodcut illustration from "The Saturday Magazine", Volume 45, March 16th, 1833, an educational magazine "under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education Appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Price One Penny". This woodcut shows a collection of migratory birds - House Martin, Sand Martin, Swift and Swallow.

Simple vector illustration.

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) in flight with a blue sky and copy space, a migrating bird that can be found flying in the UK in the spring from March or April and is known as the Bank Swallow

The first swallows and sand martins of Spring in the UK, April 2021. These have just completed a marathon migration and are resting in Spring sunshine on a telephone wire.

Sand dunes with marram grass along the coast of an island below a blue sky in bright sunlight in summer, Marker Wadden, Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands, september 20, 2021

The tiny, brown-and-white sand martin is a common summer visitor to the UK, nesting in colonies on rivers, lakes and flooded gravel pits. It returns to Africa in winter.

Sand martin (Riparia riparia) nesting site

Sand martin, Riparia riparia, single bird in flight leaving nest, Gloucestershire, May 2016

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia riparia) part of flock at vast colony in active quarry Buna village, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina April

Sand martin (Riparia riparia) relaxing on sand.

bird drinks water on the fly , summer day