Caption

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), female stands on her nest, observes what is happening in the surroundings, waits for the male to hand over prey, female protects the offspring, male, tercel provides food, the small white head of a chick can just be seen in the nest, local nature, Meerbusch, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 10, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25N02_375

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,4in x 11,6in / 5220 x 3480 (300dpi)

Keywords

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