Caption

A herring gull (Larus argentatus) flies over the gannet colony and wants to land, a gannet (Morus bassanus, syn.: Sula bassana) fends it off with its beak wide open, several other gannets sit around it, dynamic image with motion blur, threatening gesture, breeding, defence, sea with small waves in the background, guillemot cliffs, North Sea island of Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25L93_175

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

89,5Mb (6,2Mb) / 21,2in x 16,4in / 6371 x 4912 (300dpi)

Keywords

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