North West England Gull Project

9112597209_b17878ef99_o.jpg

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

GY40242

N:0U9

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2025 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 22 Nov 2025 Agadir beach, Agadir, Morocco, Morocco 2682km SSW 0y 4m 18d

GV82830

N:A81

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2019 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 0y 3m 22d
Colour marks read 03 Nov 2019 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 26 Oct 2019
to
03 Nov 2019
Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 0y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 19 Nov 2019 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 0y 4m 15d
Colour marks read 25 Nov 2019 Torremolinos Beach, Malaga, Malaga, Spain 1939km S 0y 4m 21d
Colour marks read 13 Jan 2021 Quarteira fishing port, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 1y 6m 9d
Colour marks read 28 Sep 2022 Fuseta salt pans, Faro, Portugal 1925km SSW 3y 2m 24d
Colour marks read 30 Sep 2022 Fuseta salt pans, Faro, Portugal 1925km SSW 3y 2m 26d
Colour marks read 01 Oct 2022 Fuseta salt pans, Faro, Portugal 1925km SSW 3y 2m 27d
Colour marks read 28 Sep 2022
to
01 Oct 2022
Fuseta salt pans, Faro, Portugal 1925km SSW 3y 2m 27d
Colour marks read 20 Nov 2022 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 3y 4m 16d
Colour marks read 25 Oct 2023 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 4y 3m 21d
Colour marks read 24 Nov 2023 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 4y 4m 20d
Colour marks read 27 Nov 2023 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 4y 4m 23d
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 5y 4m 1d
Colour marks read 02 Dec 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 5y 4m 28d
Colour marks read 05 Nov 2024
to
02 Dec 2024
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 5y 4m 28d
Colour marks read 13 Nov 2025 Los Ruices Landfill, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 6y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 17 Nov 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 6y 4m 13d
Colour marks read 21 Nov 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 6y 4m 17d
Colour marks read 17 Nov 2025
to
21 Nov 2025
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 6y 4m 17d

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

GY04755

N:T59

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2022 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Jan 2024 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 1y 6m 2d
Colour marks read 31 Jan 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 19 Feb 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 7m 14d
Colour marks read 15 Mar 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 1y 8m 10d
Colour marks read 25 Oct 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 2y 3m 20d
Colour marks read 19 Dec 2024 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 2y 5m 14d
Colour marks read 20 Jan 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 2y 6m 15d
Colour marks read 31 Jan 2024
to
20 Jan 2025
Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 2y 6m 15d
Colour marks read 26 Jul 2025 Carsington Water, Wirksworth, Derbyshire 123km SSE 3y 0m 21d
Colour marks read 21 Nov 2025 Vertedero R S U los Ruices, Malaga, Spain 1926km S 3y 4m 16d

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
to
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

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

GY38752

N:J45

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2023 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2023 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 0y 3m 24d
Colour marks read 21 Mar 2024 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 0y 8m 14d
Colour marks read 14 Jun 2024 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 0y 11m 7d
Colour marks read 30 Aug 2024 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 1y 1m 23d
Colour marks read 13 Dec 2024 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 1y 5m 6d
Colour marks read 15 Dec 2024 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 1y 5m 8d
Colour marks read 16 Dec 2024 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 1y 5m 9d
Colour marks read 20 Nov 2025 Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 2y 4m 13d
Colour marks read 31 Oct 2023
to
20 Nov 2025
Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 2y 4m 13d

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
to
19 Nov 2025
Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire 152km SE 6y 4m 14d

GE18848

N:2JY

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Sep 2025 Porto Quarteira, Loulé, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 4d
Colour marks read 09 Sep 2025 Praia da Rosa Branca, Quarteria, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 8d
Colour marks read 10 Sep 2025 Porto Quarteira, Loulé, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 9d
Colour marks read 13 Sep 2025 Praia da Rosa Branca, Quarteria, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 12d
Colour marks read 15 Sep 2025 Porto Quarteira, Loulé, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 14d
Colour marks read 16 Sep 2025 Porto Quarteira, Loulé, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 15d
Colour marks read 19 Sep 2025 Porto Quarteira, Loulé, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 18d
Colour marks read 15 Sep 2025
to
19 Sep 2025
Porto Quarteira, Loulé, Faro, Portugal 1931km SSW 0y 2m 18d
Colour marks read 02 Nov 2025 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1909km SSW 0y 4m 1d
Colour marks read 19 Nov 2025 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1909km SSW 0y 4m 18d
Colour marks read 02 Nov 2025
to
19 Nov 2025
Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1909km SSW 0y 4m 18d

Map of recoveries

© 2019-2025 North West England Gull Project

Website design and build by Garganey Consulting