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

GY40007

N:0E8

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2024 Praia do Sul, Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal 1669km SSW 0y 3m 26d
Colour marks read 14 Nov 2024 Praia do Sul, Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal 1669km SSW 0y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2024
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14 Nov 2024
Praia do Sul, Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal 1669km SSW 0y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 25 Nov 2024 São Gião, Nazaré, Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal 1562km SSW 0y 4m 20d

GY38705

N:6A0

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 25 Nov 2023 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 0y 4m 27d
Colour marks read 20 Jan 2024 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 0y 6m 22d
Colour marks read 23 Nov 2024 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 1y 4m 25d
Colour marks read 25 Nov 2023
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23 Nov 2024
Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 1y 4m 25d

GY38624

N:7V7

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
23 Nov 2024 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1523km S 0y 4m 21d

GV82739

N:L85

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Feb 2020 Playa Punta del Moral, Ayamonte, Huelva, Spain 1899km SSW 0y 7m 10d
Colour marks read 23 Mar 2022 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 282km S 2y 8m 19d
Colour marks read 20 Nov 2024 Playa de La Espasa, Caravia, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1179km S 5y 4m 16d

GY38721

N:7A6

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 Sep 2023 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 2m 28d
Colour marks read 06 Jul 2024 Bruchterveld, Overijssel, Netherlands 634km E 1y 0m 7d
Colour marks read 18 Nov 2024 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1908km SSW 1y 4m 20d

GY39448

N:6V5

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 17 Nov 2024 Local Nature Reserve of the Douro River Estuary, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 0y 4m 15d

GE06690

N:0J9

1 Ringed 18 Jul 2024 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 16 Nov 2024 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1582km SSW 0y 3m 29d

GV58243

N:C94

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2018 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Jan 2019 El Jadida, Casablaca-Settat, Morocco, Morocco 2355km SSW 0y 6m 5d
Colour marks read 15 Nov 2024 Sesimbra, Setúbal, Portugal 1801km SSW 6y 4m 7d

GY39133

N:8L7

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 19 Jun 2024 Moordhuizen - Over de Maas (The Netherlands), Gelderland, Netherlands 592km ESE 0y 11m 14d
Colour marks read 15 Nov 2024 Torreira, Aveiro, Portugal 1535km SSW 1y 4m 10d

GY39588

N:9C6

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Nov 2024 Costa da Caparica beach, Setúbal, Portugal 1782km SSW 0y 4m 11d

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