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

GV58127

N:E37

1 Ringed 26 Jun 2018 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 06 Sep 2018 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 282km S 0y 2m 11d
Colour marks read 08 Jun 2021 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 46km E 2y 11m 13d
Colour marks read 02 Jul 2023 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 46km E 5y 0m 6d
Colour marks read 08 Jun 2021
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02 Jul 2023
Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 46km E 5y 0m 6d

GY38555

N:96U

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2022 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Jul 2023 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 289km S 0y 11m 24d

GY04432

N:Y85

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2021 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1488km SSW 0y 3m 24d
Colour marks read 10 Jul 2022 Espinho beach, Porto, Portugal 1507km SSW 1y 0m 2d
Colour marks read 22 Aug 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 1y 1m 14d
Colour marks read 10 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 1y 3m 2d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 1y 3m 5d
Colour marks read 25 Oct 2022 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 1y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 22 Aug 2022
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25 Oct 2022
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 1y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 1y 3m 18d
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 1y 3m 23d
Colour marks read 04 Nov 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 1y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2022
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04 Nov 2022
Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 1y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 14 Feb 2023 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 1y 7m 6d
Colour marks read 30 Jun 2023 Cantlop, Shropshire 144km S 1y 11m 22d

GY38372

N:P23

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 30 Jun 2023 Blaringhem, Nord, France 364km S 0y 11m 25d

GY04245

N:M16

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
30 Jun 2023 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire 0km 0y 11m 24d

GY04495

N:16L

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 29 Jun 2023 Perelle Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands 498km S 1y 11m 21d

GY04174

N:35T

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 Jun 2023 River Don, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 101km SE 0y 11m 23d

GY04323

N:12G

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 21 Jun 2023 Salina Santiago da Fonte, Aveiro, Portugal 1547km SSW 1y 11m 13d

GY38575

N:10V

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2022 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 23d
Colour marks read 05 Dec 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 4m 28d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 4m 29d
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2022 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 5m 0d
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2022
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07 Dec 2022
Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 5m 0d
Colour marks read 21 Jun 2023 Hereford, Hertfordshire 415km ESE 0y 11m 14d

GY38501

N:57U

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 May 2023 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 282km S 0y 10m 20d
Colour marks read 08 Jun 2023 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 282km S 0y 11m 2d
Colour marks read 26 May 2023
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08 Jun 2023
Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 282km S 0y 11m 2d

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