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 | |
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N:2DK |
1 | Ringed | 01 Jul 2025 | Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 01 Jun 2026 | Middleton Moor, Derbyshire | 101km SE | 0y 11m 0d | |||
| Colour marks read | 28 Jan 2024 | WSR Recycling Centre, Widnes, Cheshire | 73km S | 0y 6m 23d | |||
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N:S84 |
1 | Ringed | 06 Jul 2023 | Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 25 Jul 2025 | Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester | 46km SSE | 2y 0m 19d | |||
| Colour marks read | 03 Sep 2025 | Moses Gate CP, Greater Manchester | 51km SSE | 2y 1m 28d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 28 May 2026 | Moses Gate CP, Greater Manchester | 51km SSE | 2y 10m 22d | |||
| Colour marks read | 03 Sep 2025 to 28 May 2026 |
Moses Gate CP, Greater Manchester | 51km SSE | 2y 10m 22d | ➕ | ||
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N:P07 |
1 | Ringed | 05 Jul 2022 | Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 12 May 2026 | Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire | 28km SW | 3y 10m 7d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 27 May 2026 | Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire | 28km SW | 3y 10m 22d | |||
| Colour marks read | 12 May 2026 to 27 May 2026 |
Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire | 28km SW | 3y 10m 22d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 23 May 2025 | Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire | 20km NW | 0y 10m 21d | |||
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N:25T |
1 | Ringed | 05 Jul 2022 | Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 25 May 2026 | River Derwent, Camerton, Cumbria | 92km NW | 3y 10m 20d | |||
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N:63V |
1 | Ringed | 02 Jul 2024 | Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 13 Sep 2024 | Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain | 1893km SSW | 0y 2m 11d | |||
| Colour marks read | 25 May 2026 | German North Sea (offshore), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | 504km ENE | 1y 10m 23d | |||
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N:E89 |
1 | Ringed | 04 Jul 2019 | Bowland - Mallowdale Fell, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 May 2026 | German North Sea (offshore), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | 499km ENE | 6y 10m 20d | |||
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N:1E0 |
1 | Ringed | 05 Jul 2024 | Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 04 Nov 2024 | Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | 1488km SSW | 0y 3m 30d | |||
| Colour marks read | 12 Nov 2024 | Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | 1489km SSW | 0y 4m 7d | |||
| Colour marks read | 30 Nov 2024 | Sesimbra, Setúbal, Portugal | 1793km SSW | 0y 4m 25d | |||
| Colour marks read | 21 Aug 2025 | MALKORBE BEACH - GETARIA (GIPUZKOA), Guipuzcoa, Spain | 1184km S | 1y 1m 16d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 | Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | 1489km SSW | 1y 3m 13d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 20 Oct 2025 | Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | 1489km SSW | 1y 3m 15d | |||
| Colour marks read | 03 Nov 2025 | Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | 1489km SSW | 1y 3m 29d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 to 03 Nov 2025 |
Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | 1489km SSW | 1y 3m 29d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 24 May 2026 | Sita/Suez complex , Neder-over-Heembeek/Brussels , Belgium, Belgium | 585km ESE | 1y 10m 19d | |||
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N:3CT |
1 | Ringed | 03 Jul 2025 | Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 May 2026 | Sita/Suez complex , Neder-over-Heembeek/Brussels , Belgium, Belgium | 585km ESE | 0y 10m 21d | |||
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N:A89 |
1 | Ringed | 04 Jul 2019 | Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 09 Mar 2020 | Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain | 1901km SSW | 0y 8m 5d | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 Feb 2024 | Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain | 1531km S | 4y 7m 20d | |||
| Found dead | 23 May 2026 | Bentham, North Yorkshire | 11km NE | 6y 10m 19d | |||
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N:G01 |
1 | Ringed | 29 Jul 2021 | Derwent Water, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 05 Sep 2021 | River Lune, Lancashire | 68km SSE | 0y 1m 7d | |||
| Colour marks read | 20 Jul 2022 | Cotesbach landfill site, Leicestershire | 271km SSE | 0y 11m 21d | |||
| Colour marks read | 23 May 2026 | Derwent Water, Cumbria | 0km | 4y 9m 24d |