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

GE06546

N:3M9

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2024 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 13 Nov 2024 Sesimbra, Setúbal, Portugal 1887km SSW 0y 4m 15d
Colour marks read 21 Nov 2025 Doca da Caldeirinha, Lisboa, Portugal 1858km SSW 1y 4m 23d

GY39548

N:5C6

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 21 Oct 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 0y 3m 19d
Colour marks read 21 Nov 2025 Local Nature Reserve of the Douro River Estuary, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1500km SSW 1y 4m 19d

GV82894

N:D30

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 12 Nov 2021 Sinfin Moor Wetlands, Derby 146km SSE 2y 4m 7d
Colour marks read 28 Jan 2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire 152km SE 3y 6m 23d
Colour marks read 31 Jan 2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire 152km SE 3y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 19 Nov 2025 Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire 152km SE 6y 4m 14d
Colour marks read 28 Jan 2023
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19 Nov 2025
Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire 152km SE 6y 4m 14d

GY38365

N:P16

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 18 Nov 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 3y 4m 13d

GE18718

N:2CU

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 09 Nov 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 0y 4m 8d
Colour marks read 10 Nov 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 0y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 11 Nov 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 0y 4m 10d
Colour marks read 16 Nov 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 0y 4m 15d
Colour marks read 18 Nov 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 0y 4m 17d
Colour marks read 09 Nov 2025
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18 Nov 2025
Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 0y 4m 17d

GE06513

N:0M6

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2024 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 17 Nov 2025 Agadir beach, Agadir, Morocco, Morocco 2772km SSW 1y 4m 19d

GY40246

N:1U8

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2025 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 17 Nov 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 4m 13d

GE18889

N:3AY

1 Ringed 03 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
16 Nov 2025 Newbridge on Wye, Powys 208km SSW 0y 4m 13d

GY38324

N:K77

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 13 Nov 2025 Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 475km SE 3y 4m 8d

GE18070

N:5U2

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 02 Nov 2025 Gomecello landfill site, Salamanca, Spain 1461km S 0y 3m 24d
Colour marks read 04 Nov 2025 Gomecello landfill site, Salamanca, Spain 1461km S 0y 3m 26d
Colour marks read 12 Nov 2025 Gomecello landfill site, Salamanca, Spain 1461km S 0y 4m 3d
Colour marks read 02 Nov 2025
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12 Nov 2025
Gomecello landfill site, Salamanca, Spain 1461km S 0y 4m 3d

Map of recoveries

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