Caption

A young northern gannet (Morus bassanus, syn. Sula bassana) perched on red rocks with nesting material in its beak, a juvenile bird, not yet fully coloured, aged approximately three to five years, subadult, pre-adult, adolescent, immature, dry knotted kelp, soft, blurred background, patches of light, reflections on the water, bokeh, coastline, sunlight, backlighting, plumage, portrait, gannet colony at Lummenfelsen, the offshore island of Heligoland, North Sea, Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK26H66_362

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

27.6Mb (9.2Mb) / 13.3in x 8.0in / 4000 x 2410 (300dpi)

Keywords

blurry several no people red little young breeding year three looking at camera alga plant aquatic plant water rock island portrait Northern gannet water bird Bird wild animal incubate nesting material bird colony animal behaviour animal sunlight nature North Sea wildlife sit rocky courtship season blurred colony rocky coast fledgling nesting site seabird young animal courtship display Sulid dry Pelecaniformes courtship behavior group Heligoland landscape offspring coast nest five Mulberry social behaviour display behaviour plumage breeding ground Moraceae cropped courtship Germany Many Animals several animals coastline juvenile brown alga coastal area group of animals head shot breeding season Schleswig-Holstein breeding colony parental care wildlife photography Bird Rock Swarm behaviour Lummenfelsen subadult animal display swarm natural environment soft rockweed bokeh Reflection flock of birds mating behavior mating season bird photography in the beak backlit subadult Brood Suliformes High Seas Island Gannet colony Silhouette Pinneberg district Background bunch of deserted red coloured tiny 3 direct look hydrophytic plant waterfront islet portrait photo gannet waterfowl animals in the wild breed Nest material sunshine open air fauna rookery juvenile bird nesting place cub arid courtship behaviour Heligoland Island scenery shore social behavior overawing breeding area Partial View courting German Federal Republic shoreline brown seaweed coastal region head portrait breeding time Land Schleswig-Holstein Bird cliff Swarming Guillemot Rock habitat smooth Norwegian kelp Bokeh effect reflex swarm of birds mating behaviour mating time beak adolescent Phalacrocoraciformes High Sea Island silhouette out of focus multiple nobody small facing camera hydrophyte aquatic bird Wildlife Nest-building material young bird suckling Helgoland countryside 5 imprinting breeding site mating Republic of Germany coastal landscape flock of natural habitat knotted kelp mating period half-grown outline blur looking at the camera water plant unfocused Immature hatchling landscape photo imponation breeding place Coastal scene flock knotted wrack rutting season looks in the camera aquatic macrophyte egg wrack looks into the camera looks at the camera breedings years algae plants aquatic plants waters rocks islands portraits Northern gannets water birds Birds wild animals incubating nesting materials bird colonies animals sitting courting seasons colonies rocky coastline Rock coast fledglings nesting sites seabirds young animals Sulids courtship behaviors groups landscapes coasts nesting Mulberries social behaviours plumages breeding grounds courtshiping coastlines juveniles brown algae coastal areas groups of animals head shots breeding colonies Bird Rocks Swarm behaviours subadult animals displaying natural environments Reflections backlight subadults High Seas Islands Gannet colonies hydrophytic plants portrait photos gannets waterfowls rookeries juvenile birds cubs sceneries shores breeding areas head portraits Bird cliffs Swarmings reflexes High Sea Islands silhouettes aquatic birds young birds sucklings breeding sites water plants Immatures hatchlings breeding places flocks no one looking into the camera the rock the rocks Portrait shot incubates animal behavior sun lights sits seated perched rocky shore youngster youngs costal nests court courts courtships FRG BRD juvenil Coastal photo displays in its beak in beak back light against the light against light looking into camera breeds animal child animal childs Helgoland Island silhouetted towards the camera woos woo wooing in to the camera landscape photograph landscape shot looking Kamera