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

GY39353

N:3D0

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 27 May 2025 Carsington Water, Wirksworth, Derbyshire 119km SE 0y 10m 25d

GY39127

N:8L3

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2023 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1523km S 0y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 04 Nov 2023 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1523km S 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2023
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04 Nov 2023
Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1523km S 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 30 Dec 2023 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 5m 25d
Colour marks read 05 Jan 2024 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1920km S 0y 6m 0d
Colour marks read 08 Jan 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 6m 3d
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 06 Feb 2024
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08 Feb 2024
Malaga Dump, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 7m 3d
Colour marks read 01 Mar 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 7m 25d
Colour marks read 15 Mar 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 8m 10d
Colour marks read 21 Mar 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 8m 16d
Colour marks read 01 Mar 2024
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21 Mar 2024
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 8m 16d
Colour marks read 26 May 2025 Getaria, Guipuzcoa, Spain 1184km S 1y 10m 21d

GY39075

N:3L3

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 23 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 1y 10m 18d

GY39894

N:7T3

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 May 2025 Marismas de Trebujena, Cádiz, Cadiz, Spain 1916km S 0y 10m 13d

GY04807

N:M33

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Jan 2024 Safi - Fish companies, Doukhala-Abda, Safi, Morocco, Morocco 2476km SSW 1y 6m 16d
Colour marks read 13 May 2025 Tarnsyke Fields, Tarnbrook, Lancashire 2km SW 2y 10m 7d

GY39352

N:2D9

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 May 2025 St Saviours Reservoir, Guernsey, English Channel and Irish Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea - Islands 499km S 0y 10m 11d

GY04268

N:08G

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2021 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 10 May 2025 Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester 65km SSE 3y 10m 3d

GY39242

N:5B0

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Feb 2024 Villamil, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1206km SSW 0y 7m 16d
Colour marks read 15 Aug 2024 Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester 65km SSE 1y 1m 9d
Colour marks read 18 Aug 2024 Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester 65km SSE 1y 1m 12d
Colour marks read 10 May 2025 Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester 65km SSE 1y 10m 4d
Colour marks read 15 Aug 2024
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10 May 2025
Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester 65km SSE 1y 10m 4d

GY04771

N:T79

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 08 May 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1204km SSW 2y 10m 3d

GE06561

N:5M4

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2024 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 04 Feb 2025 Sonzay Rubbish Dump, Indre-et-Loire, France 855km SSE 0y 7m 6d
Colour marks read 18 Apr 2025 Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 569km ESE 0y 9m 20d
Colour marks read 08 May 2025 Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 569km ESE 0y 10m 9d
Colour marks read 18 Apr 2025
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08 May 2025
Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 569km ESE 0y 10m 9d

Map of recoveries

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