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

GV82586

N:B28

 1 Ringed 03 Jul 2019 Barrow - Gas Terminal, Cumbria
Colour marks read 06 Feb 2021 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1493km S 1y 7m 3d

GV82719

N:L67

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Jun 2020 Shawell, Lutterworth, Leicestershire 195km SSE 0y 11m 1d
Colour marks read 24 Dec 2020 Los Pozos, Isla de Lanzarote, Spain 2976km SSW 1y 5m 20d

GV82713

N:L60

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Dec 2020 Ihla de Faro, Faro, Portugal 1929km SSW 1y 5m 16d

GV82825

N:A85

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 14 Sep 2019 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 2m 10d
Colour marks read 16 Dec 2020 Estepona harbour, Malaga, Spain 1966km S 1y 5m 12d

GV58298

N:R57

 1 Ringed 06 Jul 2019 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Sep 2019 Fonte da Telha, Costa da Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal 1749km SSW 0y 2m 14d
Colour marks read 05 Dec 2020 Colmenar Viejo landfill, Madrid, Spain 1452km S 1y 4m 29d

GV82910

N:D45

 1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 11 Nov 2020 Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain 1901km SSW 1y 4m 6d

GV58130

N:E40

 1 Ringed 26 Jun 2018 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 19 Oct 2018 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 3m 23d
Colour marks read 29 Apr 2019 Douro river, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 0y 10m 3d
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2019 Plage des Présidents, Vendee, France 833km S 1y 4m 4d
Colour marks read 07 Nov 2020 Silverdale Country Park, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire 106km SSE 2y 4m 12d

GV82911

N:D46

 1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 06 Nov 2020 Santa Cruz Beach, Oleiros, Coruna, Spain 1258km SSW 1y 4m 1d

GC83922

N:J22

 1 Ringed 14 Jul 2020 Rockcliffe, Cumbria
Colour marks read 06 Nov 2020 San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain 1296km S 0y 3m 23d

GV58291

N:R51

 1 Ringed 06 Jul 2019 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire
Colour marks read 02 Sep 2019 Lower Compton Landfill, Calne, Wiltshire 260km SSE 0y 1m 27d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2020 Coverack, Cornwall 436km SSW 1y 3m 26d

Map of recoveries

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