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

GY39146

N:16S

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 24 Jun 2024 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 282km S 0y 11m 19d

GY38269

N:V64

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 23 Jun 2024 Arclid Sand Quarry, Sandbach, Cheshire 91km SSE 1y 11m 18d

GY38685

N:3A1

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Jun 2024 Marismas de Trebujena, Cádiz, Cadiz, Spain 1924km S 0y 11m 24d

GY39246

N:5B7

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 21 Jun 2024 Aveiro Harbour, Aveiro, Portugal 1555km SSW 0y 11m 15d

GY04521

N:V35

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Nov 2021 Porto da Baleeira, Faro, Portugal 1944km SSW 0y 3m 30d
Found dead 20 Jun 2024 Rossall Beach, Cleveleys, Lancashire 27km WSW 2y 11m 12d

GV82550

N:E80

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2019 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 10 Jun 2024 Rimmers Marsh, Marshside, Lancashire 5km SW 4y 11m 8d

GY04576

N:S30

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2021 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 Aug 2021 Torreira, Aveiro, Portugal 1505km SSW 0y 1m 19d
Colour marks read 25 Oct 2021 Quarteira fishing port, Faro, Portugal 1893km SSW 0y 3m 16d
Colour marks read 30 Nov 2021 Porto da Baleeira, Faro, Portugal 1914km SSW 0y 4m 21d
Colour marks read 03 Jan 2022 Quarteira fishing port, Faro, Portugal 1893km SSW 0y 5m 25d
Colour marks read 16 Feb 2022 Quarteira fishing port, Faro, Portugal 1893km SSW 0y 7m 7d
Colour marks read 03 Jan 2022
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16 Feb 2022
Quarteira fishing port, Faro, Portugal 1893km SSW 0y 7m 7d
Colour marks read 04 Jun 2024 Smithey Fen, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire 258km SE 2y 10m 26d

GY38572

N:09V

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2022 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Jun 2024 Limerick, Limerick, Eire 428km WSW 1y 10m 25d

GY39292

N:0D1

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2023 Playa de Samil, Vigo, Atlantic Coast of Spain, Spain 1390km SSW 0y 1m 7d
Colour marks read 29 May 2024 Skegness, Lincolnshire 212km ESE 0y 10m 23d

GY04248

N:M17

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 29 Dec 2022 Playa Punta del Moral, Ayamonte, Huelva, Spain 1906km SSW 0y 5m 23d
Colour marks read 24 Feb 2023 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 7m 18d
Colour marks read 03 Mar 2023 Puerto de la Caleta de Velez, Malaga, Spain 1923km S 0y 7m 25d
Colour marks read 09 Mar 2023 Puerto de la Caleta de Velez, Malaga, Spain 1923km S 0y 8m 3d
Colour marks read 03 Mar 2023
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09 Mar 2023
Puerto de la Caleta de Velez, Malaga, Spain 1923km S 0y 8m 3d
Colour marks read 05 Feb 2024 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 6m 30d
Colour marks read 11 Feb 2024 Malaga Dump, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 7m 5d
Colour marks read 19 May 2024 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 71km ESE 1y 10m 13d

Map of recoveries

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