Caption

A herring gull (Larus argentatus) preens its plumage on a chalk cliff of the Falaise d'Aval rock formation near Étretat, English Channel, Alabaster Coast, La Côte d'Albâtre, chalk cliffs, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France

Date

May 24, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Markus Keller

Reference

BRK26H26_052

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

69.8Mb (23.3Mb) / 20.2in x 13.4in / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

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