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:9K1 |
1 | Ringed | 04 Jul 2024 | Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 19 Dec 2025 | Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain | 1926km S | 1y 5m 15d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 21 Jan 2026 | Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain | 1926km S | 1y 6m 17d | |||
| Colour marks read | 12 Apr 2026 | Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain | 1926km S | 1y 9m 8d | |||
| Colour marks read | 19 Dec 2025 to 12 Apr 2026 |
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain | 1926km S | 1y 9m 8d | ➕ | ||
| 30 Jul 2026 | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray recycling center (SUEZ), Seine-Maritime, France | 575km SSE | 2y 0m 26d | ➖ | |||
| Colour marks read | 31 Jul 2026 | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray recycling center (SUEZ), Seine-Maritime, France | 575km SSE | 2y 0m 27d | |||
| Colour marks read | 30 Jul 2026 to 31 Jul 2026 |
Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray recycling center (SUEZ), Seine-Maritime, France | 575km SSE | 2y 0m 27d | ➕ | ||
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N:82V |
1 | Ringed | 02 Jul 2024 | Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 29 Jul 2026 | St Saviours Reservoir, Guernsey, English Channel and Irish Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea - Islands | 499km S | 2y 0m 27d | |||
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N:2KU |
1 | Ringed | 01 Jul 2025 | Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 27 Jul 2026 | Meersbrook, Tittesworth Water, Staffordshire | 103km SSE | 1y 0m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 28 Jul 2026 | Jepson's Pond, near Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff | 253km SSW | 1y 0m 27d | |||
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N:S97 |
1 | Ringed | 06 Jul 2023 | Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 26 Jul 2026 | Perelle Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands | 506km S | 3y 0m 20d | |||
| Colour marks read | 26 Jul 2026 | Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire | 43km ESE | 1y 0m 10d | |||
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N:G53 |
1 | Ringed | 02 Jul 2024 | Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 25 Jul 2026 | Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester | 61km SSE | 2y 0m 23d | |||
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N:8M7 |
1 | Ringed | 11 Jul 2024 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 Jul 2026 | Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester | 78km SE | 2y 0m 13d | |||
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N:44W |
1 | Ringed | 15 Jul 2022 | Walney Island, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 06 Mar 2023 | Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain | 1928km S | 0y 7m 19d | |||
| Colour marks read | 03 Dec 2024 | Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain | 1931km S | 2y 4m 18d | |||
| Colour marks read | 05 Mar 2025 | Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain | 1928km S | 2y 7m 18d | |||
| Colour marks read | 23 Jul 2026 | Leven Estuary, Cumbria | 21km NNE | 4y 0m 8d | |||
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N:58V |
1 | Ringed | 02 Jul 2024 | Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Sep 2025 | Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester | 61km SSE | 1y 2m 0d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 30 Sep 2025 | Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester | 61km SSE | 1y 2m 28d | |||
| Colour marks read | 23 Jul 2026 | Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester | 61km SSE | 2y 0m 21d | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Sep 2025 to 23 Jul 2026 |
Redgate Recycling Centre, Gorton, Greater Manchester | 61km SSE | 2y 0m 21d | ➕ | ||
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N:G36 |
1 | Ringed | 02 Jul 2024 | Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 Aug 2025 | Praia da Torreira, Aveiro, Portugal | 1534km SSW | 1y 1m 22d | |||
| Colour marks read | 23 Jul 2026 | Torreira, Aveiro, Portugal | 1535km SSW | 2y 0m 21d | |||
| Colour marks read | 07 Jul 2026 | Leven Estuary, Cumbria | 41km NW | 1y 0m 10d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 23 Jul 2026 | Leven Estuary, Cumbria | 41km NW | 1y 0m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 07 Jul 2026 to 23 Jul 2026 |
Leven Estuary, Cumbria | 41km NW | 1y 0m 26d | ➕ | ||
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N:B52 |
1 | Ringed | 03 Jul 2019 | Barrow - Gas Terminal, Cumbria | |||
| Colour marks read | 26 Sep 2022 | Barbate beach, Cadiz, Spain | 2001km S | 3y 2m 23d | |||
| Colour marks read | 22 Jul 2026 | Sarah’s Beck outfall, Lancashire | 3km ENE | 7y 0m 19d |