Caption

When the shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) moult, they too become a sought-after prey for the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), bird colony, crab fishing, prey, rearing young, aerial photograph, June, Eidersperrwerk, North Sea, Germany

Date

Jun 03, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Schulz Helge

Reference

BRK26J12_228

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

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