Caption

A gannet (Morus bassanus) (synonym: Sula bassana) flies, sails with outstretched wings towards the horizon, below him calm blue sea, dusk, water of the North Sea, while the sky glows in pastel colours at sunset, feet with webbed feet stretched out to brake, Lummenfelsen, North Sea island Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25M19_306

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

38,6Mb (2,2Mb) / 16,7in x 9,0in / 4999 x 2696 (300dpi)

Keywords

horizon several deserted many blue evening sun evening breeding sail glow foot rock distance wing Northern gannet water bird Bird wild animal incubate bird colony animal behaviour animal sky Northern Germany German North Sea wildlife Europe courtship season serene mood colony nesting site seabird courtship display Sulid Pelecaniformes courtship behavior group Heligoland flight atmospheric Dusk evening light brake nest spread out european North German social behaviour pastel color evening sky display behaviour breeding ground outstretched courtship Germany spreading wing sea Many Animals several animals evening atmosphere group of animals breeding season Schleswig-Holstein breeding colony wildlife photography Bird Rock Swarm behaviour Lummenfelsen in flight display atmospheric light swarm dim natural environment flock of birds mating behavior mating season bird photography Central Europe sunset Suliformes fly bunch of no one numerous setting sun shine gannet waterfowl animals in the wild breed North Germany fauna calm atmosphere rookery nesting place courtship behaviour Heligoland Island twilight outspread social behavior pastel colour overawing breeding area stretched out courting German Federal Republic spread wing evening mood breeding time Land Schleswig-Holstein Bird cliff Swarming Guillemot Rock in the air light atmosphere habitat swarm of birds mating behaviour mating time Middle Europe Phalacrocoraciformes multiple No People plenty evening sunshine glare aquatic bird Wildlife tranquil Helgoland dawn imprinting breeding site mating pastel colored Republic of Germany outstreched wing evening hour mid air Light mood flock of natural habitat mating period nobody Evening sunlight luminous quiet imponation breeding place pastel-colored FRG wings spread evening shot in a flight light scene flock dusky rutting season uninhabited placid pastel coloured spreading wings in the sky empty pastel-coloured wings spreading pastel stretching its wing open wings horizons Blue evenings breedings sailing glowing feet rocks distances wings Northern gannets water birds Birds wild animals incubating bird colonies animals skies courting seasons colonies nesting sites seabirds Sulids courtship behaviors groups flights braking nesting spreading out social behaviours pastel colors evening skies breeding grounds courtshiping evening atmospheres groups of animals breeding colonies Bird Rocks Swarm behaviours displaying natural environments sun set flying shining gannets waterfowls rookeries breeding areas pastel colours spread wings Bird cliffs Swarmings glaring aquatic birds breeding sites outstreched wings breeding places BRD in the flight flocks stretching its wings in the evening sun sails glows the rock the rocks incubates Europe's moody in the evening light light of the evening sun brakes nests spreads out Northern German court courts courtships displays sundown sun setting sun sets afterglow evening glow evening glory flies shines breeds Helgoland Island wing spread glares woos woo wooing light up lights up