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

GE18570

N:2YC

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2026 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 29 Aug 2026 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 0y 1m 21d ➖
Colour marks read 07 Sep 2026 Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 0y 1m 30d
Colour marks read 29 Aug 2026
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07 Sep 2026
Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, West Yorkshire 43km ESE 0y 1m 30d ➕
Colour marks read 23 May 2025 Heysham Skear (low water mussel beds), Lancashire 21km WNW 0y 10m 21d

GE51251

N:3R2

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2026 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 05 Sep 2026 Leven Estuary, Cumbria 21km NNE 0y 1m 28d

GE06833

N:9J3

1 Ringed 22 Jul 2026 Christy Pool, Walney, Cumbria
Colour marks read 22 Aug 2026 Walney Island, Cumbria 4km SSE 0y 1m 0d
Colour marks read 04 Sep 2026 Vickertown allotments, Walney Island, Cumbria 0km SSW 0y 1m 13d

GY40203

N:7P4

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2025 Bowland - Woodyards, Lancashire
Colour marks read 27 Oct 2025 Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal 1577km SSW 0y 3m 23d
Colour marks read 28 Oct 2025 Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal 1612km SSW 0y 3m 24d
Colour marks read 03 Sep 2026 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire 70km ESE 1y 1m 30d

GY38867

N:8M9

1 Ringed 11 Jul 2024 Walney Island, Cumbria
Colour marks read 27 Aug 2025 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 78km SE 1y 1m 16d ➖
Colour marks read 02 Sep 2026 Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 78km SE 2y 1m 22d
Colour marks read 27 Aug 2025
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02 Sep 2026
Ashworth Moor Reservoir, Greater Manchester 78km SE 2y 1m 22d ➕

GE18504

N:61D

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2026 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 02 Sep 2026 Parsonage Reservoir, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 1m 25d

GY04826

N:10M

1 Ringed 06 Jul 2022 Bowland - Abbeystead Fell, Lancashire
Colour marks read 01 Sep 2026 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 31km SSE 4y 1m 26d

GY39347

N:72V

1 Ringed 02 Jul 2024 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 20 Feb 2026 Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire 266km SW 1y 7m 18d
Colour marks read 01 Sep 2026 Nevern Estuary, Pembrokeshire 259km SW 2y 1m 30d

GY04386

N:Y44

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2021 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 05 Feb 2022 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 0y 6m 28d ➖
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2022 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 1y 1m 5d
Colour marks read 13 Sep 2022 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 1y 2m 5d
Colour marks read 15 Sep 2022 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 1y 2m 7d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2022 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 1y 3m 24d
Colour marks read 05 Feb 2022
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01 Nov 2022
Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 1y 3m 24d ➕
Colour marks read 02 Dec 2022 Santona, Santander, Spain 1172km S 1y 4m 24d
Colour marks read 15 Jan 2023 Marismas de Santona, Santander, Spain 1170km S 1y 6m 7d
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2023 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 2y 1m 5d ➖
Colour marks read 02 Sep 2023 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 2y 1m 25d
Colour marks read 12 Nov 2023 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 2y 4m 4d
Colour marks read 31 Mar 2024 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 2y 8m 23d
Colour marks read 20 Aug 2024 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 3y 1m 12d
Colour marks read 31 Aug 2024 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 3y 1m 23d
Colour marks read 29 Sep 2024 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 3y 2m 21d
Colour marks read 15 Oct 2024 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 3y 3m 7d
Colour marks read 13 Aug 2023
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15 Oct 2024
Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 3y 3m 7d ➕
Colour marks read 27 Dec 2024 Cicero, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1172km S 3y 5m 19d
Colour marks read 03 Feb 2025 Colindres, Cantabria, Santander, Spain 1174km S 3y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 13 Mar 2025 Playa Salvé de Laredo, N.E. Coast of Spain, Spain 1172km S 3y 8m 5d
Colour marks read 27 Jan 2026 Marismas de Santona, Santander, Spain 1170km S 4y 6m 19d
Colour marks read 31 Aug 2026 Colindres, Cantabria, N.E. Coast of Spain, Spain 1174km S 5y 1m 23d

GE26887

N:2XY

1 Ringed 08 Jul 2026 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 31 Aug 2026 Perelle Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands 506km S 0y 1m 23d

Map of recoveries

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