Caption

A Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) with a caught herring (Clupea harengus) flies back to the nest where its chicks are waiting, bird colony, fishing, prey, prey fish, rearing young, aerial photograph, June, Eidersperrwerk, North Sea, Germany

Date

Jun 21, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Schulz Helge

Reference

BRK26J19_047

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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