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

GY39421

N:3V5

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 12 Aug 2025 Brockholes Nature Reserve LWT, Lancashire 19km S 1y 1m 10d

GV82768

N:A22

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2025 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 149km S 6y 1m 7d

GY40035

N:4E4

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 Jun 2025 Hollins Grove, Darwen, Lancashire , Lancashire 29km SSE 0y 11m 21d
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2025 Lower Eccleshill Industrial Estate, Darwen, Lancashire 29km SSE 1y 1m 6d

GY39122

N:7L5

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Jul 2025 Skippool Creek, Lancashire 23km WSW 2y 0m 17d
Colour marks read 09 Aug 2025 Skippool Creek, Lancashire 23km WSW 2y 1m 4d
Colour marks read 22 Jul 2025
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09 Aug 2025
Skippool Creek, Lancashire 23km WSW 2y 1m 4d

GY39613

N:1W4

1 Ringed 11 Jul 2024 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 04 Nov 2024 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 3m 24d
Colour marks read 16 Jul 2025 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 21km NNE 1y 0m 5d
Colour marks read 09 Aug 2025 Greenodd, Cumbria 22km NNE 1y 0m 29d

GE18192

N:4J1

1 Ringed 16 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 07 Aug 2025 Rishton Reservoir, Lancashire 61km ESE 0y 0m 22d

GY40042

N:B02

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 04 Aug 2025 Limerick, Limerick, Eire 421km WSW 1y 0m 30d

GY39463

N:G24

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 02 Aug 2025 Salinas de Isla Cristina, Isla Cristina, Huelva, Spain 1895km SSW 1y 1m 0d
Colour marks read 23 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 10m 21d

GY39462

N:G23

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 12 Dec 2024 Villarrasa landfill , Huelva, Spain 1866km S 0y 5m 10d
Colour marks read 20 Dec 2024 Villarrasa landfill , Huelva, Spain 1866km S 0y 5m 18d
Colour marks read 12 Dec 2024
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20 Dec 2024
Villarrasa landfill , Huelva, Spain 1866km S 0y 5m 18d
Colour marks read 01 Aug 2025 Torreira, Aveiro, Portugal 1535km SSW 1y 0m 30d

GV82701

N:L23

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Sep 2020 Bedrijventerrein Lageweide, Utrecht, Netherlands 554km ESE 1y 2m 1d
Colour marks read 02 Oct 2020 IJmuiden Beach, Kennemerstrand, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 508km ESE 1y 2m 28d
Colour marks read 03 Oct 2020 Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 508km ESE 1y 2m 29d
Colour marks read 29 Jul 2025 Hollins Grove, Darwen, Lancashire , Lancashire 29km SSE 6y 0m 25d

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