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

GY39330

N:86V

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Oct 2024 Porto da Baleeira, Faro, Portugal 1944km SSW 0y 3m 12d
Colour marks read 02 Jun 2025 Little Marlow GP, Buckinghamshire 292km SSE 0y 11m 0d
Colour marks read 13 Jun 2025 Little Marlow GP, Buckinghamshire 292km SSE 0y 11m 11d
Colour marks read 02 Jun 2025
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13 Jun 2025
Little Marlow GP, Buckinghamshire 292km SSE 0y 11m 11d

GY39203

N:1B1

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025 Carsington Water, Wirksworth, Derbyshire 123km SSE 1y 11m 0d
Colour marks read 10 Jun 2025 Carsington Water, Wirksworth, Derbyshire 123km SSE 1y 11m 4d
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025
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10 Jun 2025
Carsington Water, Wirksworth, Derbyshire 123km SSE 1y 11m 4d

GY40059

N:7E1

1 Ringed 12 Jul 2024 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 10 Jun 2025 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 0y 10m 29d

GV58176

N:C30

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2018 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 09 Jun 2025 Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire 149km SE 6y 11m 2d

GY38739

N:9A5

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 09 Jun 2025 RSPB Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire 97km ESE 1y 11m 11d

GY40061

N:7E2

1 Ringed 12 Jul 2024 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Aug 2024 Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester 63km SSE 0y 1m 6d
Colour marks read 17 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 21km WNW 0y 10m 5d
Colour marks read 18 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 21km WNW 0y 10m 6d
Colour marks read 28 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 21km WNW 0y 10m 16d
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 21km WNW 0y 10m 25d
Colour marks read 17 May 2025
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06 Jun 2025
Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 21km WNW 0y 10m 25d

GV58156

N:C11

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2018 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Metal ring read 04 Jun 2025 Bangor, Gwynedd 210km WNW 6y 10m 28d

GY39228

N:3B7

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Oct 2023 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 12d
Colour marks read 31 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 21km WNW 1y 10m 25d

GY38907

N:1W2

1 Ringed 11 Jul 2024 Walney Island, Cumbria
Found dead 30 May 2025 Rabat, Morocco, Morocco 2253km S 0y 10m 19d

GY38682

N:2A8

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 May 2025 Carsington Water, Wirksworth, Derbyshire 123km SSE 1y 10m 29d

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