Caption

Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), pair during mating ritual, adult birds in courtship display, pair just in front of copulation, cock with fish in beak, mating feeding, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Volker Lautenbach

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BRK24F05_494

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