Caption

Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) sitting on ice on the frozen Elbe near Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jan 18, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Klaus-Dieter Möbus

Reference

BRK26D26_152

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

35.6Mb (2.1Mb) / 16.4in x 8.4in / 4924 x 2528 (300dpi)

Keywords

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