Caption

White-fronted goose (Anser albifrons), standing in a meadow in the wintering area, nature photography, wildlife, animals, bird, goose, nature reserve on the Rhine, old Rhine arm, near Xanten, Lower Rhine, Wesel district, one of the few floodplain landscapes in Germany, in winter over 20, 000 wild birds rest here, many Arctic goose species spend the winter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Feb 25, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Friedhelm Adam

Reference

BRK26C07_329

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

37.5Mb (2.1Mb) / 9.9in x 14.8in / 2957 x 4436 (300dpi)

Keywords

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