Caption

A herring gull (Larus argentatus), tagged and ringed, GPS transmitter placed on the back by scientists, research of flight routes, bird migration, habitat, behavioural research, ornithology, tagging, tagging, metal ring and colour ring, flying over shiny sea, illuminated, sunlight, northern gannet (Morus bassanus, Syn.Sula bassana) in the background, sunny, bright, coast, the water of the North Sea with bokeh in the background, Lummenfelsen, North Sea island Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25H82_423

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,8Mb (3,0Mb) / 17,3in x 13,2in / 5196 x 3958 (300dpi)

Keywords

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