Title

Northern Lapwing

Caption

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) adult male, flying, mobbing Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) adult, breeding plumage, standing in pond, raising plumes in defense posture, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

May 03, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Paul Sawer

Reference

BRK22D12_314

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,9Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3544 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Ardeidae Aves Bird Birds British Charadriiformes Ciconiiformes Defensive attitude Egretta garzetta Europe Green plover Heron Herons Lapwing Little egret Little egrets No People North Europe Northern Europe Northern Lapwing Northern lapwing Northern lapwings Peewit Pelecaniformes Suffolk Vanellus Vanellus vanellus adult adult animal adult animals aggression aggressions aggressive alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild attack position attacking battle battles behavior behaviour belligerent bird photography breeding dress breeding plumage danger dangerous dangers defence defense deserted empty fauna fight fighting flight flights fly flying habitat herons in flight in the air lake lakes male male animal male animals males mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women move movement movements moving natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nuptial plumage out outdoor outdoors outside pond ponds pool rutting season social behavior social behaviour social behaviours stand standing summer summery two uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Charadriid Charadriidae Charadriids England aquatic bird attack attacks defenses north shorebird wader wading bird wading birds water bird water birds waterfowl Great Britain UK United Kingdom defend defending protect protecting protective