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

GV82741

N:L87

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2019 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2025 Morinigo, Salamanca, Spain 1459km S 6y 5m 3d
Colour marks read 09 Dec 2025 Morinigo, Salamanca, Spain 1459km S 6y 5m 5d
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2025
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09 Dec 2025
Morinigo, Salamanca, Spain 1459km S 6y 5m 5d
Colour marks read 08 Dec 2025 Local Nature Reserve of the Douro River Estuary, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal 1493km SSW 4y 5m 0d

GY39167

N:S77

1 Ringed 05 Jul 2023 Bowland - Langden Head, Lancashire
Colour marks read 12 Dec 2023 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 5m 7d
Colour marks read 14 Dec 2023 Puerto de la Caleta de Velez, Malaga, Spain 1915km S 0y 5m 9d
Colour marks read 07 Jan 2024 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 0y 6m 2d
Colour marks read 01 Mar 2024 Puerto de la Caleta de Velez, Malaga, Spain 1915km S 0y 7m 25d
Colour marks read 07 Jan 2025 Caleta de Vélez, Malaga, Spain 1919km S 1y 6m 2d
Colour marks read 08 Dec 2025 Praia do Lago, Xove, Lugo, Spain 1191km SSW 2y 5m 3d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 5m 4d
Colour marks read 31 Dec 2024 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 0y 5m 29d
Colour marks read 23 Oct 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 1y 3m 21d
Colour marks read 01 Dec 2025 Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 1y 4m 29d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2024
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01 Dec 2025
Queens Park Lake, Lancashire 26km SSE 1y 4m 29d

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

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
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20 Nov 2025
Tavira, Portugal, Portugal 2007km SSW 2y 4m 13d
Colour marks read 07 Dec 2025 Santa Luzia salt pans, Faro, Portugal 2009km SSW 2y 5m 0d

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

GE18652

N:2AB

1 Ringed 01 Jul 2025 Bowland - Brennand West, Lancashire
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2025 Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal 1497km SSW 0y 5m 5d

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

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