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

GY39928

N:0T4

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 19 Oct 2024 Monte Gordo beach, Faro, Portugal 1901km SSW 0y 3m 14d
Colour marks read 08 Dec 2025 Local Nature Reserve of the Douro River Estuary, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 1y 5m 3d

GY39973

N:3T2

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Jan 2025 Rinlo, Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain 1200km SSW 0y 6m 2d
Colour marks read 23 Jan 2025 Os Castros, Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 6m 18d
Colour marks read 30 Jan 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 6m 25d
Colour marks read 31 Jan 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 05 Feb 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 7m 0d
Colour marks read 30 Jan 2025
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05 Feb 2025
Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 7m 0d
Colour marks read 16 Feb 2025 Salave, Tapia, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1195km SSW 0y 7m 11d
Colour marks read 25 Feb 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 0y 7m 20d
Colour marks read 06 Mar 2025 Calambre, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1197km SSW 0y 8m 1d
Colour marks read 16 Mar 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1196km SSW 0y 8m 11d
Colour marks read 03 Apr 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1196km SSW 0y 8m 29d
Colour marks read 16 Mar 2025
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03 Apr 2025
Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1196km SSW 0y 8m 29d
08 Dec 2025 Ballymacoda Estuary, Cork, Eire 419km WSW 1y 5m 3d

GV82692

N:L33

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Dec 2019 Fonte da Telha, Costa da Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal 1780km SSW 0y 5m 1d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2019 Fonte da Telha, Costa da Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal 1780km SSW 0y 5m 2d
Colour marks read 05 Dec 2019
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06 Dec 2019
Fonte da Telha, Costa da Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal 1780km SSW 0y 5m 2d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2025 Playa de Arealonga, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Lugo, Spain 1201km SSW 6y 5m 2d

GY39357

N:3D5

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 12 Nov 2024 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 0y 4m 10d
Colour marks read 11 Mar 2025 Salave, Tapia, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1195km SSW 0y 8m 9d
Colour marks read 13 Mar 2025 Playa de Penarronda, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1198km SSW 0y 8m 11d
Colour marks read 24 Mar 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1196km SSW 0y 8m 22d
Colour marks read 25 Mar 2025 Playa de Serantes, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1197km SSW 0y 8m 23d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2025 Plage de Ker Châlon, Isle d'Yeu, Vendee, France 804km S 1y 5m 4d

GY40027

N:3E1

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
06 Dec 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1489km SSW 1y 5m 1d

GE18258

N:3S4

1 Ringed 16 Jul 2025 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 04 Dec 2025 Kénitra, Morocco, Morocco 2218km S 0y 4m 18d

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
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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
Colour marks read 03 Dec 2025 Malaga Harbour, Malaga, Spain 1928km S 3y 4m 28d

GY38757

N:J49

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2023 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 03 Dec 2025 Santa Cruz Beach, Oleiros, Coruna, Spain 1341km SSW 2y 4m 26d

GV82898

N:D36

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2019 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Sep 2019 Leixões Harbour, Matasinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 2m 15d
Colour marks read 08 Jul 2022 Colne Recycling Centre, Colne, Lancashire, England, Lancashire 30km SE 3y 0m 3d
Colour marks read 02 Dec 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1204km SSW 6y 4m 27d

GY38778

N:J68

1 Ringed 07 Jul 2023 Carlisle, Cumbria
Colour marks read 03 Nov 2023 Markorbe Beach, Getaria, Guipuzcoa, Spain 1289km S 0y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 02 Dec 2025 Playa del Aguileiro, Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain 1291km SSW 2y 4m 25d

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