North West England Gull Project

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Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 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

GY39352

N:2D9

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 May 2025 St Saviours Reservoir, Guernsey, English Channel and Irish Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea - Islands 499km S 0y 10m 11d

GY39327

N:83V

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 12 May 2025 Moses Gate CP, Greater Manchester 46km SSE 0y 10m 10d

GY40031

N:3E7

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 21 Oct 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 3m 16d
Colour marks read 24 Oct 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 3m 19d
Colour marks read 29 Nov 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 4m 24d
Colour marks read 26 Dec 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 5m 21d
Colour marks read 31 Dec 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 5m 26d
Colour marks read 04 Jan 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 5m 30d
Colour marks read 09 Jan 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 6m 4d
Colour marks read 12 Jan 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 6m 7d
Colour marks read 14 Jan 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 6m 9d
Colour marks read 23 Jan 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 6m 18d
Colour marks read 27 Jan 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 6m 22d
Colour marks read 02 Feb 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 6m 28d
Colour marks read 22 Feb 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 7m 17d
Colour marks read 24 Feb 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 7m 19d
Colour marks read 27 Feb 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 7m 22d
Colour marks read 21 Oct 2024
to
27 Feb 2025
Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 7m 22d

GY04771

N:T79

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 08 May 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1204km SSW 2y 10m 3d

GE06561

N:5M4

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2024 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 04 Feb 2025 Sonzay Rubbish Dump, Indre-et-Loire, France 855km SSE 0y 7m 6d
Colour marks read 18 Apr 2025 Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 569km ESE 0y 9m 20d
Colour marks read 08 May 2025 Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 569km ESE 0y 10m 9d
Colour marks read 18 Apr 2025
to
08 May 2025
Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 569km ESE 0y 10m 9d

GY39331

N:89V

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire

GY39583

N:8C9

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 08 May 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1204km SSW 0y 10m 6d

GY39066

N:1L6

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 1y 10m 2d

GE06691

N:1J0

1 Ringed 18 Jul 2024 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 06 May 2025 Praia de Agrelo, Bueu, Pontevedra, Spain 1459km SSW 0y 9m 18d

GY39442

N:6V3

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 May 2025 Praia de Agrelo, Bueu, Pontevedra, Spain 1367km SSW 0y 10m 3d

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