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

GY40079

N:14P

1 Ringed 24 Jun 2025 Heysham Power Station 1, Lancashire
Colour marks read 31 Jul 2025 Heysham Power Station outfalls, Lancashire 0km WSW 0y 1m 7d
Colour marks read 06 Aug 2026 Parton, Cumbria 74km NW 1y 1m 13d
Colour marks read 09 Sep 2026 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 3km NNE 1y 2m 16d

GE18082

N:43D

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 09 Sep 2026 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 20km E 1y 2m 0d
Colour marks read 01 Sep 2026 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 61km SE 0y 1m 13d

GE06855

N:97G

1 Ringed 22 Jul 2026 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 07 Sep 2026 Preston Docks, Lancashire 45km SE 0y 1m 16d

GE06811

N:58G

1 Ringed 22 Jul 2026 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 06 Sep 2026 Porthmadog, Gwynedd 140km SSW 0y 1m 15d

GY39724

N:36P

1 Ringed 27 Jun 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2025 Heysham Power Station outfalls, Lancashire 19km E 0y 1m 17d
Colour marks read 20 Mar 2026 Seaforth Dock Pools, Merseyside 68km S 0y 8m 21d
Colour marks read 04 Sep 2026 Roosebeck, Cumbria 6km NE 1y 2m 8d

GE06823

N:78G

1 Ringed 22 Jul 2026 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 04 Sep 2026 Birkrigg Common, Ulverston, Cumbria 12km NE 0y 1m 13d

GY40108

N:33G

1 Ringed 30 Jun 2025 Blackpool Hospital, Blackpool
Colour marks read 18 Jul 2026 Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 2km SSE 1y 0m 18d
Colour marks read 02 Aug 2026 Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 2km SSE 1y 1m 3d
Colour marks read 18 Jul 2026
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02 Aug 2026
Mereside Waste Transfer Station, Blackpool, Lancashire 2km SSE 1y 1m 3d
Colour marks read 19 Aug 2026 Blackpool Waste Transfer Station, Lancashire 2km SSE 1y 1m 20d
Colour marks read 30 Aug 2026 Blackpool Waste Transfer Station, Lancashire 2km SSE 1y 2m 0d
Colour marks read 03 Sep 2026 Blackpool Waste Transfer Station, Lancashire 2km SSE 1y 2m 4d
Colour marks read 19 Aug 2026
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03 Sep 2026
Blackpool Waste Transfer Station, Lancashire 2km SSE 1y 2m 4d

GY39485

N:G49

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 30 Aug 2026 Blackpool Waste Transfer Station, Lancashire 28km SW 2y 1m 28d

GY04049

N:33E

1 Ringed 17 Jul 2020 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Dec 2022 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 2y 5m 3d
Colour marks read 28 Aug 2026 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 6y 1m 11d
Colour marks read 20 Dec 2022
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28 Aug 2026
Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 43km SE 6y 1m 11d

GE06807

N:55G

1 Ringed 22 Jul 2026 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 28 Aug 2026 Vickertown allotments, Walney Island, Cumbria 4km NNW 0y 1m 6d

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