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  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-17_1765.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1622.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1584.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1555.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1562.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1582.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-17_1766.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1615.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1617.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-17_1772.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-17_1763.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1561.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-17_1777.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1600.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1567.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1545.jpg
  • Bee-eater with prey, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1620.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1553.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in flight, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-17_1757.jpg
  • Bee-eaters in flight, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
    GLE_2009-07-16_1571.jpg
  • A European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) overlooking  the aquatic komplex Somova-Parches, close to Somova village, upper Danube Delta, Romania.
    MLU_20130612_183714_01NS.jpg
  • European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, Pusztaszer Landscape Reserve, Hungary 2008<br />
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Bee-eater tossing a bumble bee (Merops apiaster and Bombus sp.), HUNGARY/PUSZTASZER PROTECTED LANDSCAPE, CSONGRÁD. <br />
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The bee-eater is a specialist in bumble bees, wasps, bees and other larger flying insects. One of Europe’s most colourful and exotic-looking birds, the bee-eater lives in colonies in sand banks. That is why this species has benefited from human construction and roadbuilding, where gravel pits and excavation sites provide many more artificial sandbanks than untouched nature. On the other hand, widespread pesticide use in farming reduces the numbers of large insects that the bee-eater needs to survive. The bee-eater is a Mediterranean species of dry and open country, spreading northwards with climate change. Sometimes they are persecuted by bee-keepers, who are not so enthusiastic about their choice of diet.
    MVA-20080510-131842 (kopia).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-141225 (1).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-135119 (1).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-053142 (1).jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080521-141324.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-062052_1.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-053558 (3).jpg
  • Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, in flight, Bienenfresser fliegend, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-05-28-180943-756.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080521-154436.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-153543.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-135211 (1).jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080516-105636.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-135435 (1).jpg
  • Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, with butterfly in his beak, Bienenfresser mit Schmetterling im Schnabel, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-05-28-084550-08.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080521-144718.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080512-104508.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-120947.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-060146 (2).jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-120739.jpg
  • Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) taking off after the bathe, Bienenfresser fliegt nach dem Bad weiter, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-06-10-162027-1643.jpg
  • Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, in flight, Bienenfresser fliegend, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-06-01-161628-1028.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080522-125958.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080516-103705.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-060448 (1).jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080522-103719.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-153736.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-052738 Cropped.jpg
  • European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, Pusztaszer Landscape Reserve, Hungary 2008
    MVA-20080510-131842-Outdoor.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-154601.jpg
  • Bee-eater tossing a bumble bee<br />
Merops apiaster and Bombus sp.<br />
HUNGARY/PUSZTASZER PROTECTED LANDSCAPE, CSONGRÁD<br />
<br />
The bee-eater is a specialist in bumble bees, wasps, bees and other larger flying insects. One of Europe’s most colourful and exotic-looking birds, the bee-eater lives in colonies in sand banks. That is why this species has benefited from human construction and roadbuilding, where gravel pits and excavation sites provide many more artificial sandbanks than untouched nature. On the other hand, widespread pesticide use in farming reduces the numbers of large insects that the bee-eater needs to survive. The bee-eater is a Mediterranean species of dry and open country, spreading northwards with climate change. Sometimes they are persecuted by bee-keepers, who are not so enthusiastic about their choice of diet.
    MVA-20080510-131842 Markus Varesvuo.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-061728 cropped.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-154203.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-132906 (1).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-053554 (1).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-052734.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-131945.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-121349.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080522-141423.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080521-144833.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080518-080530.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-131236.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-141016 (2).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-140025.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-055530 B.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-054522 (1).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-053556 (3).jpg
  • Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, in flight, Bienenfresser fliegend, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-06-01-161627-1026.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080522-135338.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080513-154057.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080512-094923.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-061950.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-061320 (3).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-055826 (1).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-054940.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-055530 (3).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-053142 (2).jpg
  • Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, in flight, Bienenfresser fliegend, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-06-01-154136-1013.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080522-141422.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-143634.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-142134.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-062308.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-054038.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-143607.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-133507.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-133501.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-053330 (1).jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-053120 (2).jpg
  • Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, in flight, Bienenfresser fliegend, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-06-01-161628-1030.jpg
  • Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, Bienenfresser, near Nikopol, Bulgaria
    DNI-2008-05-28-181645-761.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-141443.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-133503.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080522-135222.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080512-095257.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080512-092156.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-125239.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer, Hungary May 2008
    MVA-20080510-154043-Indoor.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-050056.jpg
  • European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Pusztaszer Nature Reserve, Hungary
    MVA-20080510-131843.jpg
  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster, at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    SWD-2012-06-04-050112.jpg
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