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

GV82859

N:77C

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 11 Oct 2019 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1479km S 0y 3m 7d
Colour marks read 21 Jul 2022 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 3y 0m 17d
Colour marks read 05 Dec 2023 Courant de Mimizan, Atlantic Coast of France, France 1087km S 4y 5m 1d

GY39215

N:2B2

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 15 Oct 2023 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1909km SSW 0y 3m 9d ➖
Colour marks read 04 Dec 2023 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1909km SSW 0y 4m 28d
Colour marks read 05 Dec 2023 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1909km SSW 0y 4m 29d
Colour marks read 15 Oct 2023
to
05 Dec 2023
Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1909km SSW 0y 4m 29d ➕

GY38957

N:06Y

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 30 Nov 2023 Essaouira Port, Morocco, Morocco 2558km SSW 0y 4m 26d

GV82820

N:A57

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Feb 2021 Kervigen, Plomodiern, Finistere, France 661km S 1y 7m 10d
Colour marks read 06 Jul 2021 Aberystwyth, Ceredigion 203km SSW 2y 0m 2d
Colour marks read 10 Jan 2022 Anse de Kervijen, Finistere, France 662km S 2y 6m 6d
Colour marks read 29 Nov 2023 Kervigen, Plomodiern, Finistere, France 661km S 4y 4m 25d

GY38745

N:0C0

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 25 Nov 2023 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 0y 4m 27d

GY39138

N:9L6

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Nov 2023 Lumiar, Lisboa, Portugal 1758km SSW 0y 4m 17d

GY39198

N:0B6

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2023 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2023 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 0y 3m 30d ➖
Colour marks read 18 Nov 2023 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 0y 4m 12d
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2023
to
18 Nov 2023
Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 1531km S 0y 4m 12d ➕

GY39072

N:2L6

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Found dead 14 Nov 2023 Braunton Burrows, Devon 334km SSW 0y 4m 9d

GY04334

N:U98

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Nov 2023 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 143km SSE 2y 4m 5d

GY04847

N:M86

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Nov 2023 El Ouatia Beach, Tantan, Morocco, Morocco 2924km SSW 1y 4m 7d

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