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Birds wintering on the Gulf of Gdańsk

For example: Great Black-backed Gull, who is the largest member of the gull family.

On the Gulf of Gdańsk are wintering a lot of birds.

Curiosity about them: when feeding, a Red-necked Phalarope will often swim in a small, rapid circle, forming a small whirlpool.

Red-necked Phalarope

Mute Swan a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native

to much of Europe.

Mute Swan

This species breeds in much of temperate Europe.It is resident in the milder parts of its range, such as western Europe, but northern and eastern populations migrate

to Africa and south Asia.

Western Yellow Wagtail

The Arctic Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae.

This bird has a circumpolar

breeding distribution

covering regions of Europe.

Arctic Tern

We have taken some photos of Birds wintering on the Gulf of Gdańsk

Mute Swan on the afternoon

Birds on the Gulf of the Gdańsk

Mute Swan on the night

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Black-backed_Gull

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_Swanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-necked_Phalarope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Yellow_Wagtaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ternl

Some of photos in the presentation were taken on our own

• XX Secondary School in Gdańsk, Poland• Supervision: Marzena Chomziuk• Authors: Daria Wojciechowska, Ania Wesołowska,

Patrycja Bolewska Class 1A