Caption

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), breeding pair building a nest on the floating roots of the water lily, courtship behaviour, Neckar valley, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 11, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Bernd Zoller

Reference

BRK25G09_209

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

65,1Mb (2,8Mb) / 17,8in x 14,2in / 5334 x 4267 (300dpi)

Keywords

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