Caption

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Scalloped ribbonfish), courtship display, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date

Feb 24, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Erhard Nerger

Reference

BRK26H37_416

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

47.7Mb (15.9Mb) / 16.7in x 11.1in / 5000 x 3333 (300dpi)

Keywords

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