Caption

European Beaver (Castor fiber), mature animal, sitting in shallow waters of a river, eating oil, seed rape plants, which it has taken from a near by field. These are the first sightings of beavers in this region, since about 400 years. River Erpe, North Hesse, Germany

Date

Apr 27, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/D. Usher

Reference

BRK26J15_320

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NA

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No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.8Mb (17.3Mb) / 15.5in x 13.0in / 4660 x 3888 (300dpi)

Keywords

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