Caption

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) (synonym: Sula bassana), several adult birds and chicks in juvenile plumage sitting on nests made from quantities of old fishing nets, plastic debris, plastic ropes and rubbish, a dead bird, half decomposed, hangs in the plastic after getting caught in it, symbolic image marine pollution, danger from plastic debris, red rock cliff by the sea, gannet colony on the Lummenfelsen, Helgoland Island, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 07, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK24A39_305

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

37,2Mb (1,9Mb) / 14,7in x 9,8in / 4416 x 2947 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Bird Rock Bird Rocks Bird cliff Birds Brood Central Europe Cliff coast Coastal scene Concept image Environmentally harmful Europe Europe's FRG Gannet colonies Gannet colony German German Federal Republic Germany Guillemot Rock Helgoland Heligoland Heligoland Island Immature Land Schleswig-Holstein Lummenfelsen Many Animals Middle Europe Morus bassanus Nature Pollution No People North Germany North Sea Northern Germany Northern gannet Northern gannets Pelecaniformes Plastic ropes Republic of Germany Rock coast Schleswig-Holstein Sea pollution Sulid Sulidae Sulids Swarm behaviour Swarm behaviours Swarming Symbol image Symbol photo Wildlife adorable adult adult animal adult animals adult bird adult birds animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal child animals animals in the wild at the sea auf behavior behaviour bird colonies bird colony bird photography breed breeding breeding area breeding colonies breeding colony breeding ground breeding grounds breeding place breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings bunch of burden burdens by the ocean by the sea cadaver carcass carcasses chick chicks cliff line coast coastal area coastal areas coastal landscape coastal region coastline coastlines coasts colonies colony concept concepts contaminated contamination contaminations countryside court courting courting seasons courtship courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour courtship display courtship season courtshiping cub cute dead dead animal decay decayed decompose decomposed decomposition decompositions deserted dirty display display behaviour displaying ecocide ecocides ecological damage empty environment environmental contamination environmental damage environmental damages environmental destruction environmental issue environmental issues environmental pollution environmental pollutions fauna fishing fishing net fishing nets fishnet fledgling fledglings flock flock of flock of birds gannet garbage group group of animals groups groups of animals habitat half halved hang hanging harmful to the environment hatchling immature immature plumage imponation imprinting incubate incubating juvenile juvenile bird juvenile plumage juveniles landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes litter little marine litter marine pollution maritime pollution mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures multiple natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature nest nesting nesting place nesting site nesting sites net nets no one nobody old old animal open air overawing perched perform the courtship display polluting pollution pollution of the environment pup red red coloured rock rocks rocky rocky coast rocky coastline rocky shore rookery rot rotted rotten rotting rubbish rutting season scenery seabird seabirds several several animals shore shoreline sit sitting small social behavior social behaviour social behaviours steep coast steep coasts stress suckling swarm swarm of birds symbolic symbolic image symbolic picture symbolic pictures tiny uninhabited waste web wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo young young animal young animals young bird youngs youngster yuvenile aquatic bird many numerous offspring plastic plastics plenty rope ropes water bird water birds waterfowl