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

GE18879

N:3AL

1 Ringed 03 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 Aug 2025 Blaxton Meadow, Plym Estuary, Devon 416km SSW 0y 1m 23d

GY38647

N:9V8

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2024 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1488km SSW 0y 4m 3d
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2024 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1523km S 0y 5m 5d
Colour marks read 25 Aug 2025 River Don, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 100km SE 1y 1m 23d

GV58346

N:B94

1 Ringed 15 Jul 2019 Barrow - Gas Terminal, Cumbria
Colour marks read 16 Jul 2021 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 2y 0m 1d
Colour marks read 04 Aug 2024 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 5y 0m 20d
Colour marks read 24 Mar 2025 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 5y 8m 9d
Colour marks read 24 Aug 2025 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 6y 1m 9d
Colour marks read 16 Jul 2021
to
24 Aug 2025
Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 6y 1m 9d

GY04170

N:30T

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Nov 2023 Ogmore, Vale of Glamorgan 289km SSW 1y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 08 Jul 2024 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 2y 0m 3d
Colour marks read 24 Sep 2024 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 2y 2m 19d
Colour marks read 01 Jul 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 2y 11m 26d
Colour marks read 16 Jul 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 0m 11d
Colour marks read 24 Aug 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 1m 19d
Colour marks read 08 Jul 2024
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24 Aug 2025
Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 1m 19d

GY39057

N:0L7

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 24 Aug 2025 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 41km NW 2y 1m 19d

GE18160

N:2J5

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 23 Aug 2025 Beo beach, Coruna, Spain 1263km SSW 0y 1m 14d

GY38594

N:29V

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2022 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Aug 2025 Carsington Water, Wirksworth, Derbyshire 123km SSE 3y 1m 15d

GY04911

N:W88

1 Ringed 15 Jul 2022 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 10 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 2m 25d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 2m 28d
Colour marks read 10 Oct 2022
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13 Oct 2022
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 2m 28d
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2022 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 3m 11d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2022 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2022
to
01 Nov 2022
Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2025 Deep Meadows Beck Newbiggin, Cumbria 9km NE 3y 1m 6d

GR21505

N:50W

1 Ringed 21 Jul 2022 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2025 Deep Meadows Beck Newbiggin, Cumbria 9km NE 3y 1m 0d

GY38710

N:6A8

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2025 St. Ouen's Pond, Jersey, Channel Islands, English Channel and Irish Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea - Islands 533km S 2y 1m 23d

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