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

GV58002

N:00A

1 Ringed 25 Jun 2017 Walney - spit, Cumbria
Colour marks read 28 Dec 2018 Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal 1603km SSW 1y 6m 3d
Colour marks read 15 Feb 2020 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1488km S 2y 7m 21d
Colour marks read 21 Aug 2023 Greenodd, Cumbria 23km NNE 6y 1m 27d

GY39270

N:7B7

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2023 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 0y 1m 7d

GY04201

N:59T

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2023 Llandegfedd Reservoir, Blaenau Gwent 259km S 1y 1m 5d

GY38494

N:50U

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 09 Aug 2023 Gueltas Waste Disposal Centre, Morbihan, France 651km S 1y 1m 3d

GY38570

N:08V

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2022 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Aug 2023 Tocha beach, Coimbra, Portugal 1591km SSW 1y 0m 29d

GY38369

N:P20

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Found dead 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire 0km 0y 11m 29d

GY38516

N:70U

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2022 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Found dead 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire 0km 0y 11m 27d

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

Map of recoveries

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