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

GY38666

N:1A4

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 02 Oct 2023 Santa Cruz Beach, Oleiros, Coruna, Spain 1257km SSW 0y 3m 3d
Colour marks read 18 Apr 2024 Salave, Tapia, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1203km SSW 0y 9m 20d
Colour marks read 26 Nov 2025 Santa Gadea, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1206km SSW 2y 4m 28d

GY38611

N:43V

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 21 Oct 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 3m 19d
Colour marks read 26 Nov 2025 Douro river, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 1y 4m 24d

GY38638

N:6V4

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 Nov 2025 Tarrast Bridge, Oued Sous, Agadir, Morocco, Morocco 2682km SSW 1y 4m 24d

GY38258

N:V53

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2023 Iwik (Iouik), Mauretania, Mauritania, Mauretania 3962km SSW 1y 5m 2d
Colour marks read 23 Nov 2025 Banc d'Arguin, Baie d'Aouitif, Mauritania, Mauretania 3960km SSW 3y 4m 18d

GV58396

N:52M

1 Ringed 15 Jul 2022 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 23 Nov 2025 Anse du Loc'h, Plogoff, Finistere, France 678km S 3y 4m 8d

GY39444

N:9V0

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Aug 2025 Torreira, Aveiro, Portugal 1535km SSW 1y 0m 30d
Colour marks read 03 Nov 2025 Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal 1604km SSW 1y 4m 1d
Colour marks read 23 Nov 2025 Golfo de Cádiz, Spain, Atlantic Coast of Spain, Spain 1926km SSW 1y 4m 21d

GY38704

N:5A9

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2023 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Nov 2025 Santa Gadea, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1206km SSW 2y 4m 24d

GY40167

N:1P5

1 Ringed 27 Jun 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 22 Nov 2025 Douro river, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 0y 4m 26d

GY04476

N:V10

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 21 Nov 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 4y 4m 13d

GY38353

N:P04

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 17 Jan 2023 La Carihuela Beach, Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain 1933km S 0y 6m 12d
Colour marks read 05 Mar 2023 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 8m 0d
Colour marks read 06 Mar 2023 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 8m 1d
Colour marks read 05 Mar 2023
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06 Mar 2023
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 0y 8m 1d
Colour marks read 17 Nov 2023 Puerto de la Caleta de Velez, Malaga, Spain 1915km S 1y 4m 12d
Colour marks read 12 Dec 2023 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 1y 5m 7d
Colour marks read 07 Jan 2024 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1920km S 1y 6m 2d
Colour marks read 04 Mar 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 1y 7m 28d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 3y 3m 15d
Colour marks read 21 Nov 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1918km S 3y 4m 16d

Map of recoveries

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