{"id":25387,"date":"2012-11-05T14:26:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:14:25","slug":"sand-martin-riparia-riparia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand Martin Riparia riparia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America and South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Sand Martin\u00a0<i>Riparia\u00a0riparia<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-260-25387\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1889\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-9.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1888\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-8.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1887\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-7.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1886\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-6.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1885\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-5.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1884\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-4.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1883\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-3.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1882\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-2.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1881\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-14.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Barley Cove, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Barley Cove, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1880\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-13.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Barley Cove, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Barley Cove, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1879\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-12.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1878\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-11.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1877\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-10.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1876\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia-1.jpg\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sand-martin-riparia-riparia\/thumbs\/thumbs_sand-martin-riparia-riparia-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America and South Asia. Factsheet: Sand Martin\u00a0Riparia\u00a0riparia\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":831397,"parent":17619,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[2224,982],"class_list":["post-25387","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-riparia-riparia","tag-sand-martin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25387\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}