Caption

A crow (Corvus corone), carrion crow, crow stands on a quiet, rocky sandy beach with green algae and pecks at a dead grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) with a broken body and visible red meat and rib bones, piece of carrion, washed up carcass with a full head and closed eyes, scavenger, transient, died, dying, illness, sick, coast, shoreline, body of water, North Sea, Dune island, Heligoland, Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25M05_249

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

22.9Mb (2.6Mb) / 12.9in x 6.9in / 3883 x 2059 (300dpi)

Keywords

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