Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus recoveries
These birds ringed as part of the North West England Gulls Project have been recovered elsewhere, or have been ringed elsewhere and re-captured or re-sighted by us. Click on a ring number to see a life history for that bird and a map of its known movements.
| Ring number | Age / sex | Activity | Date | Location | Movement | Duration | |
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                                 N:1AS  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 27 Jun 2025 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 14 Aug 2025 | Walney - spit, Cumbria | 2km SE | 0y 1m 18d | |||
| Colour marks read | 19 Sep 2025 | Walney Island, Cumbria | 0km | 0y 2m 23d | |||
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                                 N:1AA  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 27 Jun 2025 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 16 Aug 2025 | Walney - spit, Cumbria | 2km SE | 0y 1m 20d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 18 Aug 2025 | Walney - spit, Cumbria | 2km SE | 0y 1m 22d | |||
| Colour marks read | 16 Aug 2025  to 18 Aug 2025  | 
          Walney - spit, Cumbria | 2km SE | 0y 1m 22d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 18 Sep 2025 | Walney Island, Cumbria | 0km | 0y 2m 22d | |||
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                                 N:4G3  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 20 Jul 2021 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 07 Jul 2023 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 1y 11m 17d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 11 Jul 2023 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 1y 11m 21d | |||
| Colour marks read | 12 Jul 2024 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 2y 11m 22d | |||
| Colour marks read | 17 Jul 2024 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 2y 11m 27d | |||
| Colour marks read | 10 Mar 2025 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 3y 7m 18d | |||
| Colour marks read | 21 Jun 2025 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 3y 11m 1d | |||
| Colour marks read | 22 Jun 2025 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 3y 11m 2d | |||
| Colour marks read | 23 Jul 2025 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 4y 0m 3d | |||
| Colour marks read | 13 Aug 2025 | Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 4y 0m 24d | |||
| Colour marks read | 07 Jul 2023  to 13 Aug 2025  | 
          Parton, Cumbria | 60km NNW | 4y 0m 24d | ➕ | ||
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                                 N:1BR  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 11 Jul 2025 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 11 Aug 2025 | Walney - spit, Cumbria | 2km SE | 0y 1m 0d | |||
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                                 N:1BN  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 11 Jul 2025 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 05 Aug 2025 | Walney - spit, Cumbria | 2km SE | 0y 0m 25d | |||
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                                 N:5G5  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 04 Jul 2022 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 27 May 2025 | Walney Island, Cumbria | 0km | 2y 10m 23d | |||
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                                 N:9G3  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 28 Jun 2024 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 04 Apr 2025 | Port Haverigg Holiday Village, Cumbria , Cumbria | 15km NNW | 0y 9m 7d | |||
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                                 N:6G3  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 15 Jul 2022 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 20 Oct 2022 | Caerbwdy Beach, Pembrokeshire | 277km SSW | 0y 3m 5d | |||
| Colour marks read | 01 Jan 2023 | Coverack, Cornwall | 467km SSW | 0y 5m 17d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 17 Mar 2023 | Coverack, Cornwall | 467km SSW | 0y 8m 2d | |||
| Colour marks read | 01 Jan 2023  to 17 Mar 2023  | 
          Coverack, Cornwall | 467km SSW | 0y 8m 2d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 13 Mar 2025 | Port Haverigg Holiday Village, Cumbria , Cumbria | 15km NNW | 2y 7m 26d | |||
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                                 N:0G8  | 
				          1 | Ringed | 06 Jul 2021 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 09 Dec 2021 | Heysham Harbour, Lancashire | 19km E | 0y 5m 3d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 15 Jan 2022 | Heysham Harbour, Lancashire | 19km E | 0y 6m 9d | |||
| Colour marks read | 03 Feb 2022 | Heysham Harbour, Lancashire | 19km E | 0y 6m 28d | |||
| Colour marks read | 13 Jan 2023 | Heysham Harbour, Lancashire | 19km E | 1y 6m 7d | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Oct 2023 | Heysham Harbour, Lancashire | 19km E | 2y 2m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 09 Dec 2021  to 02 Oct 2023  | 
          Heysham Harbour, Lancashire | 19km E | 2y 2m 26d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 11 Aug 2024 | Leven Estuary, Cumbria | 21km NNE | 3y 1m 5d | |||
| 1 | Ringed | 11 Jul 2024 | Walney Island, Cumbria | ||||
| Found dead | 23 Jul 2024 | Walney Island, Cumbria | 0km | 0y 0m 12d |