Kerstin Hinze / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on Elder (Sambucus nigra) berries, Plon, Schlieswig-Holstein, Germany, September.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) hauled out on a beach, looking around, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) hauled out on a beach, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) suckling, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) with suckling pup, showing aggression to nearby male, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Pair of Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) mating on a beach, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) suckling, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) on a beach, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) resting on a beach, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) scavenging from a dead Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus), Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) suckling on a beach, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) resting on a beach, bloody after a fight, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December.