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

GE18823

N:2GZ

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 19d
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025
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20 Oct 2025
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 19d

GE18860

N:2KR

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 19d
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025
to
20 Oct 2025
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 19d

GE18871

N:3AG

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2025 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 3m 18d

GE18926

N:3BM

1 Ringed 03 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 Sep 2025 Local Nature Reserve of the Douro River Estuary, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1501km SSW 0y 2m 25d
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 15d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025
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20 Oct 2025
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 17d

GY40133

N:5P6

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2025 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025 Porto, Porto, Portugal 1499km SSW 0y 3m 14d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 16d

GY40241

N:0U8

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2025 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 14d
Colour marks read 19 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 15d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 16d
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025
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20 Oct 2025
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 16d

GY40147

N:6P9

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2025 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 19 Oct 2025 Praia de Paredes da Vitória, Alcobaça, Portugal, Leiria, Portugal 1663km SSW 0y 3m 15d

GV82968

N:50C

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 17 Jan 2020 Safi - Fish companies, Doukhala-Abda, Safi, Morocco, Morocco 2477km SSW 0y 6m 12d
Colour marks read 15 May 2021 Cotesbach landfill site, Leicestershire 198km SSE 1y 10m 10d
Found dead 17 Jun 2023 Diggle, Greater Manchester 61km SE 3y 11m 12d
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 6y 3m 13d

GV58108

N:E20

1 Ringed 26 Jun 2018 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 24 Sep 2022 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 4y 2m 29d
Colour marks read 09 Feb 2025 Ponta d'Erva, Vila France de Xira, Santarém, Portugal 1738km SSW 6y 7m 14d
Colour marks read 17 Oct 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 7y 3m 21d

GY39092

N:4L9

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 29 Oct 2023 Cortelha landfill, Loulé, Faro, Portugal 1902km SSW 0y 3m 24d
Colour marks read 06 Feb 2024 Malaga Dump, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 7m 1d
Colour marks read 08 Feb 2024 Malaga Dump, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 7m 3d
Colour marks read 11 Feb 2024 Malaga Dump, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 7m 6d
Colour marks read 20 Feb 2024 Malaga Dump, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 7m 15d
Colour marks read 06 Feb 2024
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20 Feb 2024
Malaga Dump, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 7m 15d
Colour marks read 18 Mar 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 8m 13d
Colour marks read 17 Oct 2025 Ria de Alvor, Faro, Portugal 1925km SSW 2y 3m 12d

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