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

GY04379

N:Y31

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 09 Aug 2022 Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 481km SE 1y 1m 1d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2022 Newton Leys, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 253km SSE 1y 3m 5d
Colour marks read 28 Aug 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 4y 1m 20d

GE18888

N:3AX

1 Ringed 03 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 Aug 2025 River Don, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 101km SE 0y 1m 25d

GY38867

N:8M9

1 Ringed 11 Jul 2024 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 27 Aug 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 78km SE 1y 1m 16d

GY39865

N:6T0

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2024 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 12 Dec 2024 Villarrasa landfill , Huelva, Spain 1874km SSW 0y 5m 8d
Colour marks read 20 Dec 2024 Villarrasa landfill , Huelva, Spain 1874km SSW 0y 5m 16d
Colour marks read 12 Dec 2024
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20 Dec 2024
Villarrasa landfill , Huelva, Spain 1874km SSW 0y 5m 16d
Colour marks read 19 Aug 2025 Puerto de Isla Cristina, Isla Cristina (Huelva). España, Huelva, Spain 1905km SSW 1y 1m 15d
Colour marks read 20 Aug 2025 Puerto de Isla Cristina, Isla Cristina (Huelva). España, Huelva, Spain 1905km SSW 1y 1m 16d
Colour marks read 19 Aug 2025
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20 Aug 2025
Puerto de Isla Cristina, Isla Cristina (Huelva). España, Huelva, Spain 1905km SSW 1y 1m 16d
Colour marks read 26 Aug 2025 Vertedero de Villarrasa, Villarrasa, Huelva, Spain 1867km SSW 1y 1m 22d

GY39945

N:2T2

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Nov 2024 Sesimbra, Setúbal, Portugal 1793km SSW 0y 4m 8d
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2025 Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester 58km SSE 1y 1m 16d
Colour marks read 25 Aug 2025 Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester 58km SSE 1y 1m 20d
Colour marks read 26 Aug 2025 Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester 58km SSE 1y 1m 21d
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2025
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26 Aug 2025
Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester 58km SSE 1y 1m 21d

GE18879

N:3AL

1 Ringed 03 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 Aug 2025 Blaxton Meadow, Plym Estuary, Devon 416km SSW 0y 1m 23d

GY38647

N:9V8

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2024 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1488km SSW 0y 4m 3d
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2024 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1523km S 0y 5m 5d
Colour marks read 25 Aug 2025 River Don, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 100km SE 1y 1m 23d

GV58346

N:B94

1 Ringed 15 Jul 2019 Barrow - Gas Terminal, Cumbria
Colour marks read 16 Jul 2021 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 2y 0m 1d
Colour marks read 04 Aug 2024 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 5y 0m 20d
Colour marks read 24 Mar 2025 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 5y 8m 9d
Colour marks read 24 Aug 2025 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 6y 1m 9d
Colour marks read 16 Jul 2021
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24 Aug 2025
Leven Estuary, Cumbria 18km NNE 6y 1m 9d

GY04170

N:30T

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Nov 2023 Ogmore, Vale of Glamorgan 289km SSW 1y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 08 Jul 2024 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 2y 0m 3d
Colour marks read 24 Sep 2024 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 2y 2m 19d
Colour marks read 01 Jul 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 2y 11m 26d
Colour marks read 16 Jul 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 0m 11d
Colour marks read 24 Aug 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 1m 19d
Colour marks read 08 Jul 2024
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24 Aug 2025
Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 1m 19d

GY39057

N:0L7

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 24 Aug 2025 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 41km NW 2y 1m 19d

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