North West England Gull Project

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Herring Gull Larus argentatus 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

GY39331

N:89V

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 10m 5d
Colour marks read 08 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 10m 6d
Colour marks read 17 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 10m 15d
Colour marks read 28 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 10m 26d
Colour marks read 04 Jun 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 11m 2d
Colour marks read 06 Jun 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 11m 4d
Colour marks read 10 Jun 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 0y 11m 8d
Colour marks read 06 Jul 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 1y 0m 4d
Colour marks read 17 Jul 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 1y 0m 15d
Colour marks read 01 Aug 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 1y 0m 30d
Colour marks read 26 May 2026 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 1y 10m 24d
Colour marks read 07 May 2025
to
26 May 2026
Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 1y 10m 24d

GY04619

N:17R

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2021 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Dec 2021 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 66km ENE 0y 5m 4d
Colour marks read 18 May 2026 Bamber Bridge , Lancashire 16km E 4y 10m 9d

GE06575

N:55K

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2024 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2025 Seaforth Dock Pools, Merseyside 159km S 1y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 18 May 2026 Seaforth Dock Pools, Merseyside 159km S 1y 10m 19d
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2025
to
18 May 2026
Seaforth Dock Pools, Merseyside 159km S 1y 10m 19d

GE18680

N:51P

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 17 May 2026 Douglas, Isle of Man, Isle of Man 125km W 0y 10m 16d

GY40110

N:35G

1 Ringed 30 Jun 2025 Blackpool Hospital, Blackpool
Colour marks read 29 Aug 2025 Stanley Park, Blackpool, Lancashire 0km SW 0y 1m 30d
Colour marks read 16 May 2026 Gateside Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire 1km N 0y 10m 16d

GV58272

N:01E

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2019 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Aug 2023 Heysham Harbour, Lancashire 35km N 4y 0m 30d
Colour marks read 11 Apr 2025 Heysham Harbour, Lancashire 35km N 5y 9m 5d
Colour marks read 05 Aug 2023
to
11 Apr 2025
Heysham Harbour, Lancashire 35km N 5y 9m 5d
Colour marks read 30 Jul 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 38km N 6y 0m 24d
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 38km N 6y 1m 15d
Colour marks read 12 May 2026 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 38km N 6y 10m 6d
Colour marks read 30 Jul 2025
to
12 May 2026
Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 38km N 6y 10m 6d

GY04046

N:34E

1 Ringed 17 Jul 2020 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 16 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 4y 9m 29d
Colour marks read 05 Sep 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 5y 1m 19d
Colour marks read 11 May 2026 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 5y 9m 24d
Colour marks read 16 May 2025
to
11 May 2026
Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km NW 5y 9m 24d

GY04548

N:03R

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2021 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Nov 2021 New Quay, Ceredigion 191km SSW 0y 3m 29d
Colour marks read 10 Nov 2022 Southport Marine Lake, Merseyside 9km SW 1y 4m 1d
Colour marks read 03 Nov 2024 Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 10km NNW 3y 3m 25d
Colour marks read 10 May 2026 Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 10km NNW 4y 10m 1d
Colour marks read 03 Nov 2024
to
10 May 2026
Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 10km NNW 4y 10m 1d

GE18086

N:42D

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 10 May 2026 Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 32km SSE 0y 10m 1d

GV58404

N:76B

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2021 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 09 May 2026 Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 32km SSE 4y 10m 3d

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