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

GY04322

N:U73

 1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 08 Sep 2023 Ile de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France 47km E 2y 2m 0d

GY38524

N:75U

 1 Ringed 07 Jul 2022 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 06 Sep 2023 Pointe de But, Ile d'Yeu, Vendee, France 44km ESE 1y 1m 30d

GY38348

N:K96

 1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 03 Sep 2023 Matalascañas Beach, Huelva, Huelva, Spain 1908km S 1y 1m 29d

GY38320

N:K75

 1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 29 Aug 2023 Titchfield Haven NR, Hampshire 360km SSE 1y 1m 24d

GY04801

N:M25

 1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 27 Aug 2023 Middleton Moor, Derbyshire 102km SE 1y 1m 21d

GY38956

N:05Y

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 27 Aug 2023 Chipiona, Cadiz, Spain 1936km S 0y 1m 23d

GY39178

N:S87

 1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 24 Aug 2023 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 289km S 0y 1m 18d

GY39290

N:9B8

 1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 23 Aug 2023 Playa de Serantes, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1206km SSW 0y 1m 17d

GV58002

N:00A

 1 Ringed 25 Jun 2017 Walney - spit, Cumbria
Colour marks read 28 Dec 2018 Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal 1603km SSW 1y 6m 3d
Colour marks read 15 Feb 2020 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1488km S 2y 7m 21d
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2023 Greenodd, Cumbria 23km NNE 6y 1m 27d

GY39270

N:7B7

 1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2023 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 0y 1m 7d

Map of recoveries

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