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

GY39949

N:2T7

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Jan 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 6m 15d
Colour marks read 19 Dec 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 1y 5m 14d
Colour marks read 20 Jan 2025
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19 Dec 2025
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 1y 5m 14d

GE18942

N:3CA

1 Ringed 03 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 04 Dec 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 1d
Colour marks read 15 Dec 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 12d
Colour marks read 19 Dec 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 16d
Colour marks read 04 Dec 2025
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19 Dec 2025
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 16d

GE18662

N:2AN

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 10 Dec 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 9d
Colour marks read 15 Dec 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 14d
Colour marks read 10 Dec 2025
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15 Dec 2025
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 14d

GE18795

N:2HZ

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 15 Dec 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 5m 14d

GY04726

N:T28

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 25d
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 26d
Colour marks read 03 Nov 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 29d
Colour marks read 04 Nov 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 04 Dec 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 4m 29d
Colour marks read 05 Dec 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 5m 0d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 5m 1d
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 5m 2d
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2022
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07 Dec 2022
Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 5m 2d
Colour marks read 01 Apr 2023 Troco Vagos-Areao, Aveiro, Portugal 1565km SSW 0y 8m 27d
Colour marks read 16 Nov 2023 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 1y 4m 11d
Colour marks read 11 Dec 2023 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 1y 5m 6d
Colour marks read 16 Nov 2023
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11 Dec 2023
Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 1y 5m 6d
Colour marks read 22 Jan 2024 Mira Beach, Coimbra, Portugal 1579km SSW 1y 6m 17d
Colour marks read 26 Apr 2025 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 44km ESE 2y 9m 21d
Colour marks read 10 Dec 2025 Ria de Aveiro, Canal de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1568km SSW 3y 5m 5d
Colour marks read 12 Dec 2025 Ria de Aveiro, Canal de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1568km SSW 3y 5m 7d
Colour marks read 10 Dec 2025
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12 Dec 2025
Ria de Aveiro, Canal de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1568km SSW 3y 5m 7d

GY39116

N:7L2

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Apr 2025 Kermalero, Finistere, France 669km SSW 1y 9m 17d
Colour marks read 11 Dec 2025 Heysham Power Station 1, Lancashire 19km WNW 2y 5m 6d

GE06672

N:8J2

1 Ringed 16 Jul 2025 Nelson St, Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 27 Oct 2025 Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal 1697km SSW 0y 3m 11d
Colour marks read 11 Dec 2025 Plage Bergama, Rabat, Morocco, Morocco 2338km S 0y 4m 25d

GV82741

N:L87

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2025 Morinigo, Salamanca, Spain 1459km S 6y 5m 3d
Colour marks read 09 Dec 2025 Morinigo, Salamanca, Spain 1459km S 6y 5m 5d
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2025
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09 Dec 2025
Morinigo, Salamanca, Spain 1459km S 6y 5m 5d
Colour marks read 08 Dec 2025 Local Nature Reserve of the Douro River Estuary, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 4y 5m 0d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 5m 4d
Colour marks read 31 Dec 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 5m 29d
Colour marks read 23 Oct 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 1y 3m 21d
Colour marks read 01 Dec 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 1y 4m 29d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2024
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01 Dec 2025
Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 1y 4m 29d

GY39928

N:0T4

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 19 Oct 2024 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1901km SSW 0y 3m 14d
Colour marks read 08 Dec 2025 Local Nature Reserve of the Douro River Estuary, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 1y 5m 3d

GY39973

N:3T2

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Jan 2025 Rinlo, Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain 1200km SSW 0y 6m 2d
Colour marks read 23 Jan 2025 Os Castros, Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 6m 18d
Colour marks read 30 Jan 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 6m 25d
Colour marks read 31 Jan 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 05 Feb 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 7m 0d
Colour marks read 30 Jan 2025
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05 Feb 2025
Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 7m 0d
Colour marks read 16 Feb 2025 Salave, Tapia, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1195km SSW 0y 7m 11d
Colour marks read 25 Feb 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 7m 20d
Colour marks read 06 Mar 2025 Calambre, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1197km SSW 0y 8m 1d
Colour marks read 16 Mar 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1196km SSW 0y 8m 11d
Colour marks read 03 Apr 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1196km SSW 0y 8m 29d
Colour marks read 16 Mar 2025
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03 Apr 2025
Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1196km SSW 0y 8m 29d
08 Dec 2025 Ballymacoda Estuary, Cork, Eire 419km WSW 1y 5m 3d

Map of recoveries

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