Caption

A northern gannet (Morus bassanus) (synonym: Sula bassana) is perched on a light-coloured rock with nesting material in its beak, its neck twisted backwards, in the background is a dark red rock face, partly in shadow and partly bathed in sunlight, with another, out-of-focus bird in flight, a red sandstone cliff, coastline, adult, nesting, nesting site, sunny, sunlight, raking light, bright, white plumage, portrait, Heligoland, an island in the open sea, North Sea, Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK26H78_179

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

46.2Mb (15.4Mb) / 11.2in x 16.0in / 3362 x 4800 (300dpi)

Keywords

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