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

BRK24E91_218

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No

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No

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Rights managed

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

Keywords

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