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

GV82904

N:D41

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 04 Nov 2022 Aveiro Harbour, Aveiro, Portugal 1555km SSW 3y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 25 Oct 2023 Gafanha da Nazare, Aveiro, Portugal 1555km SSW 4y 3m 20d

GV58057

N:47A

1 Ringed 16 Jul 2017 Walney - spit, Cumbria
Colour marks read 24 Oct 2023 Gafanha da Nazare, Aveiro, Portugal 1546km SSW 6y 3m 8d

GY04804

N:M28

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Aug 2022 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1486km S 0y 1m 14d
Colour marks read 27 Aug 2022 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1486km S 0y 1m 21d
Colour marks read 28 Aug 2022 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1486km S 0y 1m 22d
Colour marks read 20 Aug 2022
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28 Aug 2022
Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1486km S 0y 1m 22d
Colour marks read 17 May 2023 Bredene Beach, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 485km SE 0y 10m 11d
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2023 Alba beach, Coruna, Spain 1263km SSW 1y 1m 7d
Colour marks read 29 Aug 2023 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 1y 1m 23d
Colour marks read 22 Oct 2023 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 1y 3m 16d

GY38714

N:6A9

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Sep 2023 Portimão, Lagoa, Faro, Portugal 1930km SSW 0y 2m 22d
Colour marks read 10 Oct 2023 Isla Cristina, Huelva, Spain 1905km SSW 0y 3m 11d
Colour marks read 22 Oct 2023 Jaen Rubbish Dump, Jaen, Spain 1801km S 0y 3m 23d

GV58490

N:02G

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2021 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Jul 2022 Tilburg - Stortplaats de Spinder, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 578km ESE 1y 0m 13d
Colour marks read 25 Sep 2023 Sankt Peter-Ording Beach, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 727km E 2y 2m 18d
Colour marks read 04 Oct 2023 Sankt Peter-Ording Beach, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 727km E 2y 2m 27d
Colour marks read 25 Sep 2023
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04 Oct 2023
Sankt Peter-Ording Beach, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 727km E 2y 2m 27d
Colour marks read 07 Oct 2023 Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany 681km E 2y 3m 0d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2023 Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands 489km ESE 2y 3m 13d

GY39113

N:7L0

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2023 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1488km SSW 0y 3m 13d

GY39227

N:3B6

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2023 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 12d

GY38771

N:J64

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2023 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2023 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1582km SSW 0y 3m 11d

GY39149

N:S57

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 30 Sep 2023 Seaforth Dock Pools, Merseyside 59km SSW 0y 2m 25d
Colour marks read 17 Oct 2023 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 3m 12d

GY39248

N:5B8

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 16 Oct 2023 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 10d
Colour marks read 17 Oct 2023 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 11d
Colour marks read 16 Oct 2023
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17 Oct 2023
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 11d

Map of recoveries

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