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

GY04032

N:K32

 1 Ringed 17 Jul 2020 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 23 May 2022 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 1y 10m 6d

GY04260

N:U23

 1 Ringed 07 Jul 2021 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 23 May 2022 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 46km SSE 0y 10m 16d

GV82546

N:E74

 1 Ringed 02 Jul 2019 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 May 2022 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 123km SSE 2y 10m 20d

GV82538

N:E75

 1 Ringed 02 Jul 2019 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Sep 2019 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1538km SSW 0y 2m 12d
Colour marks read 11 Oct 2019 Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal 1574km SSW 0y 3m 9d
Colour marks read 20 May 2022 Ogston Reservoir, Derbyshire 116km ESE 2y 10m 18d

GV82537

N:E69

 1 Ringed 02 Jul 2019 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 19 May 2022 Thompson Park, Lancashire 45km ENE 2y 10m 17d

GY04482

N:V14

 1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 19 May 2022 Cotesbach landfill site, Leicestershire 194km SSE 0y 10m 11d

GY04640

N:S13

 1 Ringed 09 Jul 2021 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 27 Apr 2022 Wevelswaleped, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 535km ESE 0y 9m 18d

GV58352

N:W56

 1 Ringed 20 Jul 2021 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2021 Roosebeck, Cumbria 6km NE 0y 0m 22d ➖
Colour marks read 29 Aug 2021 Roosebeck, Cumbria 6km NE 0y 1m 9d
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2021
to
29 Aug 2021		 Roosebeck, Cumbria 6km NE 0y 1m 9d ➕
Colour marks read 14 Mar 2022 Lumiar, Lisboa, Portugal 1759km SSW 0y 7m 22d

GY04280

N:U42

 1 Ringed 07 Jul 2021 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 27 Feb 2022 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 0y 7m 20d ➖
Colour marks read 13 Mar 2022 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 0y 8m 6d
Colour marks read 27 Feb 2022
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13 Mar 2022		 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 0y 8m 6d ➕

GY04459

N:Y87

 1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 16 Feb 2022 Cardal Ricefields, Vilafranca de Xira, Santarém, Portugal 1738km SSW 0y 7m 8d

Map of recoveries

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