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

GY38865

N:9M0

1 Ringed 11 Jul 2024 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 02 Jul 2025 Strandreservaat Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 514km SE 0y 11m 21d

GV82967

N:89C

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Found dead 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire 0km 5y 11m 26d

GY04816

N:M43

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Sep 2022 Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester 66km SSE 0y 1m 26d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 7d
Colour marks read 24 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 18d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2022
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24 Oct 2022
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 18d
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2022 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1496km SSW 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 18 Dec 2022 Porto, Porto, Portugal 1499km SSW 0y 5m 12d
Colour marks read 29 Dec 2022 Praia de Porto Novo, Lisboa, Portugal 1726km SSW 0y 5m 23d
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 47km SSE 2y 11m 0d
Colour marks read 30 Jun 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 47km SSE 2y 11m 24d
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025
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30 Jun 2025
Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 47km SSE 2y 11m 24d

GY39798

N:9K3

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2024 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 08 Jan 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 6m 4d
Colour marks read 30 Jun 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 46km SSE 0y 11m 26d

GY38969

N:19Y

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Jan 2024 Agadir beach, Agadir, Morocco, Morocco 2675km SSW 0y 6m 16d
Colour marks read 28 Jan 2024 Anza, Agadir, Morocco, Morocco 2673km SSW 0y 6m 24d
Colour marks read 22 Jun 2025 Preston Docks, Lancashire 21km SSW 1y 11m 18d
Colour marks read 29 Jun 2025 Preston Docks, Lancashire 21km SSW 1y 11m 25d
Colour marks read 22 Jun 2025
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29 Jun 2025
Preston Docks, Lancashire 21km SSW 1y 11m 25d

GV58125

N:E35

1 Ringed 26 Jun 2018 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 30 Aug 2018 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 282km S 0y 2m 4d
Colour marks read 26 Jul 2019 Park Grounds Landfill, Brinkworth, Wiltshire 270km S 1y 1m 0d
Colour marks read 30 Aug 2021 Arclid Sand Quarry, Sandbach, Cheshire 91km SSE 3y 2m 4d
Colour marks read 27 Jun 2025 Walney - spit, Cumbria 36km WNW 7y 0m 1d

GY38972

N:22Y

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 04 Oct 2023 Fuseta salt pans, Faro, Portugal 1917km SSW 0y 3m 0d
Colour marks read 26 Jun 2025 Hollins Grove, Darwen, Lancashire , Lancashire 29km SSE 1y 11m 22d

GY39814

N:G79

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2024 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 Jun 2025 Praia da Barra, Aveiro, Portugal 1557km SSW 0y 11m 22d

GY39046

N:07S

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 23 Jun 2024 Preston Docks, Lancashire 21km SSW 0y 11m 19d
Colour marks read 25 Jun 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 1y 11m 21d

GY04361

N:Y06

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 02 Jul 2023 San Miro beach, Coruna, Spain 1265km SSW 1y 11m 24d
Colour marks read 14 Nov 2023 El Ouatia Beach, Tantan, Morocco, Morocco 2916km SSW 2y 4m 6d
Colour marks read 24 Jan 2024 Chipiona, Cadiz, Spain 1936km S 2y 6m 16d
Colour marks read 12 Mar 2024 Chipiona, Cadiz, Spain 1936km S 2y 8m 4d
Colour marks read 24 Jan 2024
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12 Mar 2024
Chipiona, Cadiz, Spain 1936km S 2y 8m 4d
Colour marks read 14 Jun 2024 Langwith House, Nosterfield, North Yorkshire 77km ENE 2y 11m 6d
Colour marks read 06 Jul 2024 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 46km E 2y 11m 28d
Colour marks read 23 Jul 2024 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 46km E 3y 0m 15d
Colour marks read 06 Jul 2024
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23 Jul 2024
Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 46km E 3y 0m 15d
Colour marks read 14 Aug 2024 Langwith House, Nosterfield, North Yorkshire 77km ENE 3y 1m 6d
Colour marks read 14 Oct 2024 Praia da Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal 1990km SSW 3y 3m 6d
Colour marks read 23 Jun 2025 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 46km E 3y 11m 15d

Map of recoveries

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