Caption

Eurasian bittern, great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) resting well camouflaged on ice in reed bed, reedbed along lake shore in winter

Date

Feb 14, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/alimdi/Arterra

Reference

BRK26F89_331

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.1Mb (13.0Mb) / 15.1in x 10.1in / 4528 x 3019 (300dpi)

Keywords

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