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

GY39316

N:2D1

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 09 Jul 2025 Mouguerre, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France 1166km S 1y 0m 7d

GY04252

N:03G

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2021 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 Jun 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 11m 21d
Colour marks read 06 Jul 2025 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 11m 29d
Colour marks read 28 Jun 2025
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06 Jul 2025
Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 3y 11m 29d

GY39200

N:0B9

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 May 2024 Mendexa, Vizcaya, Spain 1184km S 0y 10m 16d
Colour marks read 04 Jul 2025 Lower Eccleshill Industrial Estate, Darwen, Lancashire 34km SSE 1y 11m 28d

GY04309

N:U66

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 02 Jul 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 3y 11m 24d

GY39857

N:5T0

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2024 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Found dead 02 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire 0km 0y 11m 28d

GY38865

N:9M0

1 Ringed 11 Jul 2024 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 02 Jul 2025 Strandreservaat Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 514km SE 0y 11m 21d

GV82967

N:89C

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Found dead 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire 0km 5y 11m 26d

GY04816

N:M43

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Sep 2022 Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester 66km SSE 0y 1m 26d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 7d
Colour marks read 24 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 18d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2022
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24 Oct 2022
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 18d
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2022 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1496km SSW 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 18 Dec 2022 Porto, Porto, Portugal 1499km SSW 0y 5m 12d
Colour marks read 29 Dec 2022 Praia de Porto Novo, Lisboa, Portugal 1726km SSW 0y 5m 23d
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 47km SSE 2y 11m 0d
Colour marks read 30 Jun 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 47km SSE 2y 11m 24d
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025
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30 Jun 2025
Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 47km SSE 2y 11m 24d

GY39798

N:9K3

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2024 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 08 Jan 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 6m 4d
Colour marks read 30 Jun 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 46km SSE 0y 11m 26d

GY38969

N:19Y

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Jan 2024 Agadir beach, Agadir, Morocco, Morocco 2675km SSW 0y 6m 16d
Colour marks read 28 Jan 2024 Anza, Agadir, Morocco, Morocco 2673km SSW 0y 6m 24d
Colour marks read 22 Jun 2025 Preston Docks, Lancashire 21km SSW 1y 11m 18d
Colour marks read 29 Jun 2025 Preston Docks, Lancashire 21km SSW 1y 11m 25d
Colour marks read 22 Jun 2025
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29 Jun 2025
Preston Docks, Lancashire 21km SSW 1y 11m 25d

Map of recoveries

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