Caption

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), territorial fight of a pair in the colony, dispute between two adults, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Volker Lautenbach

Reference

BRK24E84_046

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NA

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No

License type

Rights managed

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51,3Mb (6,4Mb) / 17,3in x 11,5in / 5184 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Aves Bird Central Europe Charadriiformes Common tern East Frisia East Frisian East Frisian Islands Eastern Friesland Europe Europe's FRG German Federal Republic Germany Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Wadden Sea Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park Middle Europe N.P. NP National Park Naturpark No People North Germany North Sea island Northern Germany Republic of Germany Sterna hirundo Sternidae Tern Territory fight Wadden Sea National Park Wadden sea Wattenmeer National Park aggression aggressive animal animal behaviour argue argument attack position battle behaviour belligerent coast coastal area coastal region colony conflict conservation area countryside couple defend territory defending its territory deserted dispute empty environmental reserve fight fighting for territory fighting over territory intertidal zone landscape landscape photo landscape shot mudflat natural preserve natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve no one nobody open air pair posture protected area quarrel quarrelling reserve rookery sanctuary scenery sea seabird shore shorebird territorial behavior territorial behaviour territorial dispute territorial fight territoriality territory tide tideland two uninhabited wader wading bird