Title

Black-headed Gull

Caption

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) adult, breeding plumage, standing in shallow water on flooded grazing marsh at sunrise, Elmley Marshes N. N. R. North Kent Marshes, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Dec 22, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Robert Canis

Reference

BRK22D35_359

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (2,8Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3530 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Backlit Bird Birds Black-headed gull Black-headed gulls British Charadriiformes County Kent England Eurasia Gull Gulls Kent Laridae Larinae Larus ridibundus No People North Europe Northern Europe River Thames Seagull Seagulls Shallow water area Thames adult adult animal adult animals against the light alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild aquatic bird atmospheric back light backlight backlight shot backlight shots backlighting backlit backlit photo behavior behaviour bird photography body of water breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time deserted empty fauna flood flooded floods habitat mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures morning morning light morning sun morning suns natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody nuptial plumage out outdoor outdoors outside protected area r reserve reserves rising sun river rivers rutting season sanctury shallow shallow water shallow waters social behavior social behaviour social behaviours stand standing summer summery sun sunrise sunrises uninhabited water bird water birds waterfowl wetland wetlands wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Asia Europe Great Britain UK United Kingdom atmosphere break of dawn flat mood morning atmosphere morning scene shorebird sunlight sunshine wader wading bird wading birds water waters