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

GV82729

N:L75

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 04 Jun 2021 Scaling Dam, North Yorkshire 130km ENE 1y 11m 0d

GV82946

N:D81

 1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 24 Sep 2019 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 0y 2m 19d ➖
Colour marks read 04 Jun 2021 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 1y 10m 30d
Colour marks read 24 Sep 2019
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04 Jun 2021		 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 1y 10m 30d ➕

GV82590

N:B34

 1 Ringed 03 Jul 2019 Barrow - Gas Terminal, Cumbria
Colour marks read 16 May 2021 San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain 1201km S 1y 10m 13d

GV82746

N:L92

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 25 Feb 2021 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 1y 7m 21d
Colour marks read 03 May 2021 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 1y 9m 29d

GV82914

N:D49

 1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 04 Nov 2019 Zarautz, Guipuzcoa, Spain 1192km S 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 17 Mar 2021 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 8m 12d ➖
Colour marks read 20 Mar 2021 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 8m 15d
Colour marks read 27 Mar 2021 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 8m 22d
Colour marks read 29 Mar 2021 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 8m 24d
Colour marks read 04 Apr 2021 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 8m 30d
Colour marks read 17 Mar 2021
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04 Apr 2021		 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 8m 30d ➕

GV82735

N:L80

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2020 Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 508km ESE 1y 3m 9d
Colour marks read 21 Mar 2021 Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 481km SE 1y 8m 17d

GV82586

N:B28

 1 Ringed 03 Jul 2019 Barrow - Gas Terminal, Cumbria
Colour marks read 06 Feb 2021 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1493km S 1y 7m 3d

GV82719

N:L67

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Jun 2020 Shawell, Lutterworth, Leicestershire 195km SSE 0y 11m 1d
Colour marks read 24 Dec 2020 Los Pozos, Isla de Lanzarote, Spain 2976km SSW 1y 5m 20d

GV82713

N:L60

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Dec 2020 Ihla de Faro, Faro, Portugal 1929km SSW 1y 5m 16d

GV82825

N:A85

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Sep 2019 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 2m 10d
Colour marks read 16 Dec 2020 Estepona harbour, Malaga, Spain 1966km S 1y 5m 12d

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