Caption

White stork (Ciconia ciconia), clapper stork, after its return from wintering, standing in its eyrie and preening itself, mood on a cold winter morning at sunrise, golden reeds in the foreground, bare trees and steam from the nearby industrial chimneys in the background, foggy, Roellingwiese Schwerte, Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 08, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Manuela Hartmann

Reference

BRK24B74_385

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

68,0Mb (1,0Mb) / 13,3in x 19,9in / 3976 x 5976 (300dpi)

Keywords

Central Europe Ciconia ciconia Ciconiidae Ciconiiformes Environmentally harmful Europe Europe's FRG Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia German German Federal Republic Germany Industrial chimneys Middle Europe Morning NRW No People North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia Republic of Germany Schwerte Stork Storks White stork White storks Wildlife Winter Morning Wintery aerie aeries animal animals animals in the wild atmospheric bald bare barren bird photography bird's nest bird-nest birds' nests break of dawn breeding area breeding ground breeding grounds breeding place breeding season breeding site breeding time cold deserted ecocide ecocides ecological damage empty environment environmental contamination environmental damage environmental damages environmental destruction environmental issue environmental issues environmental pollution environmental pollutions eyrie eyry fauna fog foggy foggy atmosphere gold gold-coloured golden habitat harmful to the environment hazy in Winter in first daylight industrial mist misty misty atmosphere misty mood misty moods morning morning atmosphere morning light morning scene natural environment natural environments natural habitat nest nesting nesting place nesting site nesting sites nests no one nobody parental care plume polluting pollution pollution of the environment preen preening reed reeds return returning returns stand standing steaming sunrise sunrises sunrisetime tree trees uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography winter winter time winterly wintry Aves Bird Birds Ruhr Ruhr area Ruhr district Ruhr region Ruhrgebiet animal behavior animal behaviour atmosphere behavior behaviour breeding breedings care chimney chimneys industries industry mood smokestack social behavior social behaviour social behaviours steam water vapor water vapour caring caring for tending