Caption

A pair of black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) has found a suitable nesting site and is starting to build a nest, summer plumage, breeding plumage, courtship, nest-building, breeding colony, bird colony, seabird colony, shorebird, coastal bird, Eidersperrwerk, May, Germany

Date

May 07, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Schulz Helge

Reference

BRK26I78_011

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

45.7Mb (15.2Mb) / 16.3in x 10.9in / 4896 x 3264 (300dpi)

Keywords

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