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

GE18722

N:2CW

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 3m 19d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 4m 0d

GE18813

N:2GN

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 4m 0d
Colour marks read 28 Oct 2025
to
01 Nov 2025
Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 4m 0d

GE18133

N:8U9

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 18 Aug 2025 Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire 293km SSW 0y 1m 9d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 0y 3m 23d

GR21522

N:60W

1 Ringed 21 Jul 2022 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 30 Jul 2023 Praia do Rei, Setúbal, Portugal 1777km SSW 1y 0m 9d
Colour marks read 28 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 3y 3m 7d
Colour marks read 29 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 3y 3m 8d
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 3y 3m 10d
Colour marks read 28 Oct 2025
to
31 Oct 2025
Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 3y 3m 10d

GY39379

N:8D3

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Jan 2025 Safi - Fish companies, Doukhala-Abda, Safi, Morocco, Morocco 2469km SSW 0y 6m 3d
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 1y 3m 29d

GE18709

N:2CJ

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 28 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 29d
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 28 Oct 2025
to
31 Oct 2025
Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 30d

GE18943

N:3CB

1 Ringed 03 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2025 Gafanha da Nazare, Aveiro, Portugal 1555km SSW 0y 3m 28d

GE18112

N:7U3

1 Ringed 09 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 0y 3m 22d

GV58444

N:U12

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2021 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 29 Dec 2022 Playa Punta del Moral, Ayamonte, Huelva, Spain 1907km SSW 1y 5m 22d
Colour marks read 13 Sep 2024 Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 482km SE 3y 2m 6d
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2025 Esmoriz Beach, Aveiro, Portugal 1520km SSW 4y 3m 23d

GY04995

N:42W

1 Ringed 15 Jul 2022 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1569km SSW 3y 3m 15d

Map of recoveries

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