Eroded coastal sand dune with many burrows of solitary bees, including the Early / Vernal mining bee (Colletes cunicularius), Merthyr Mawr NNR, Wales.

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Eroded bank in a coastal sand dune with many active burrows of solitary bees, including the Early / Vernal mining bee (Colletes cunicularius), Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, April.

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Size: 6793px × 4533px
Location: Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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