Latest Recovery Details

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
ER16872 6 14 Feb 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Metal ring read 27 Feb 2012 Bolsward, Friesland, NETHERLANDS 378km ENE 3 years 13 days New
EX04111 4 06 Nov 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Found dead (fresh) 11 Apr 2012 North Benfleet Hall, Wickford, Essex 5km N 1 year 157 days New
EX43069 5 22 Jan 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Metal ring read 30 Jan 2011 Brightlingsea, Essex 44km NE 8 days Show more from this location
Metal ring read 02 Feb 2012 Brightlingsea, Essex 44km NE 1 year 11 days New

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
MA26857 5 05 Feb 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 20 Apr 2011 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 74 days
Sighted 04 Jul 2011 Swalecliffe, Kent 42km ESE 149 days
Sighted 29 Apr 2012 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 1 year 84 days
MA26838 5 05 Feb 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 15 Mar 2012 Texel, NETHERLANDS 329km ENE 1 year 39 days
Sighted 03 May 2012 Texel, NETHERLANDS 329km ENE 1 year 88 days
HT31621 10 15 Nov 2008 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 13 Mar 2010 Fedje, Hordaland, NORWAY 1059km NNE 1 year 118 days Show more from this location
Sighted 06 May 2012 Fedje, Hordaland, NORWAY 1059km NNE 3 years 173 days

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
FR59922 10 20 Feb 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 26 Feb 2010 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 91km NE 6 days Show more from this location
Sighted 27 Jul 2011 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 91km NE 1 year 157 days
Sighted (R) 24 Dec 2011 Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex 12km NNW 1 year 307 days
Sighted 04 Mar 2012 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 91km NE 2 years 13 days Show more from this location
Sighted 30 Apr 2012 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 91km NE 2 years 70 days
FA39890 8 30 Oct 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 10 Jul 2011 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 91km NE 253 days
Sighted 30 Apr 2012 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 91km NE 1 year 183 days
FA39821 8 15 Oct 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted breeding 04 May 2012 Rotterdam (Europoort), Zuid-Holland, NETHERLANDS 273km ENE 202 days
FA39880 10 06 Mar 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 13 Mar 2010 Orfordness, Suffolk 93km NE 7 days Show more from this location
Sighted 21 May 2012 Orfordness, Suffolk 93km NE 2 years 76 days
FA39940 8 15 Oct 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted (R) 24 Dec 2011 Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex 26km NE 70 days
Sighted 16 Apr 2012 Orfordness, Suffolk 114km NE 184 days
Sighted 28 Apr 2012 Orfordness, Suffolk 114km NE 196 days
FA39682 10 29 Jan 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 29 Jan 2011 Crossness, Greater London 4km WNW 0 days
Sighted 20 Apr 2011 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 81 days Show more from this location
Sighted 30 Apr 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 1 year 92 days
FR59768 10 12 Sep 2009 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 28 Aug 2010 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 130km SE 350 days
Sighted 30 Mar 2011 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 1 year 199 days Show more from this location
Sighted breeding 02 May 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 2 years 233 days
FA39969 8 21 Oct 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 29 Apr 2012 Forteiland, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, NETHERLANDS 318km ENE 191 days
FA39902 8 15 Oct 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 31 Dec 2011 Pinto Landfill Site, Madrid, SPAIN 1284km SSW 77 days
Sighted 21 Apr 2012 Rotterdam (Europoort), Zuid-Holland, NETHERLANDS 273km ENE 189 days
FA39992 10 11 Feb 2012 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 29 Apr 2012 Forteiland, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, NETHERLANDS 318km ENE 78 days
FA39714 10 29 Jan 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 09 Feb 2011 Milton tip, Cambs 83km N 11 days
Sighted 03 May 2012 Texel, NETHERLANDS 351km ENE 1 year 95 days
FA39918 8 15 Oct 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted breeding 07 May 2012 Nidingen, Halland, SWEDEN 993km NE 205 days New
FV83979 8 29 Aug 2009 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 24 Feb 2010 Plage des Bossilles, Ile d'Yeu, Vendee, FRANCE 560km SSW 179 days
Sighted 06 Apr 2010 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 220 days
Sighted 20 Apr 2010 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 234 days
Sighted 24 Feb 2011 Pantin Beach, Valdovino, A Coruna, Galicia, SPAIN 5726km S 1 year 179 days
Sighted 18 Mar 2011 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 1 year 201 days Show more from this location
Sighted 09 May 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 2 years 254 days New
FA39685 10 29 Jan 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 16 Mar 2011 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 46 days Show more from this location
Sighted 15 Jun 2011 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 137 days
Sighted 17 Feb 2012 Nurlu, Somme, FRANCE 259km SE 1 year 19 days
Sighted 28 Mar 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 1 year 59 days Show more from this location
Sighted 10 May 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 1 year 102 days New
FA39813 8 15 Oct 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 14 Mar 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 151 days Show more from this location
Sighted 04 Apr 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 172 days
Sighted 05 Apr 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 178km ESE 173 days
Sighted 25 Apr 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 193 days
Sighted 10 May 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 208km E 208 days

Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
GR15255 7 12 Mar 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 28 Apr 2012 Westkapelle, Zeeland, NETHERLANDS 224km E 1 year 47 days
GR53760 5 11 Feb 2012 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 04 Apr 2012 Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, Sevenoaks, Kent 23km S 53 days
GR53788 8I 11 Feb 2012 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 04 Apr 2012 Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, Sevenoaks, Kent 23km S 53 days
GR30330 3 17 Dec 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 08 Apr 2012 Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, Sevenoaks, Kent 23km S 113 days
GN87321 5 20 Feb 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 10 Dec 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 0km 1 year 293 days
Sighted 18 Apr 2012 Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, Sevenoaks, Kent 36km SW 2 years 58 days
GR30303 3 17 Dec 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 13 Mar 2012 Calais Harbour, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 129km ESE 87 days
Sighted 19 Apr 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 178km ESE 124 days
Sighted 26 Apr 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 178km ESE 131 days
GR15468 3 22 Oct 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 05 Nov 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 23km ENE 14 days
Sighted 21 Feb 2012 Oosterscheldekering, Burgh-Haamstede, Zeeland, NETHERLANDS 242km E 122 days
Sighted 12 Apr 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 178km ESE 173 days Show more from this location
Sighted 26 Apr 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 178km ESE 187 days
GR30236 5 10 Mar 2012 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 22 Apr 2012 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 43 days
Sighted 29 Apr 2012 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 50 days
GC84165 5 11 Oct 2008 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 22 Apr 2012 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 3 years 194 days
GR30023 3 03 Dec 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 10 Dec 2011 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 7 days
Sighted 24 Dec 2011 Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, Essex 1km NNW 21 days
Sighted 30 Dec 2011 Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, Essex 1km NNW 27 days
Sighted 10 Mar 2012 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 98 days Show more from this location
Sighted 29 Apr 2012 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 148 days
GN88133 7 22 Jan 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 20 Apr 2011 Whitstable, Kent 40km ESE 88 days
Sighted 18 Jun 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 0km 147 days
Sighted 28 Jan 2012 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 0km 1 year 6 days
Sighted 30 Apr 2012 Dover, Kent 73km SE 1 year 99 days
GC89935 3 29 Aug 2009 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 06 Oct 2009 Beddington SF, Greater London 27km WSW 38 days
Sighted 09 Dec 2010 Le Tanchet, Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, FRANCE 575km SSW 1 year 102 days
Sighted 10 Dec 2010 Le Tanchet, Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, FRANCE 575km SSW 1 year 103 days
Sighted 31 Jan 2012 Urville, Calvados, FRANCE 274km S 2 years 155 days
Sighted 26 Feb 2012 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, Vendee, FRANCE 555km SSW 2 years 181 days
Sighted 02 May 2012 Rogerville, Seine-Maritime, FRANCE 226km S 2 years 247 days
GR30007 8 03 Dec 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 19 Jan 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 161km SE 47 days
Sighted 15 Feb 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 185km E 74 days
Sighted 01 May 2012 Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 185km E 150 days
GN88120 5 22 Jan 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 03 May 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 161km SE 1 year 102 days
GR30299 3 17 Dec 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 22 Dec 2011 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 178km ESE 5 days Show more from this location
Sighted 03 May 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 178km ESE 138 days
GN87573 3 25 Sep 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 27 Aug 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 0km 336 days
Sighted 02 May 2012 Bath, Somerset 200km W 1 year 220 days
GR30496 8I 14 Jan 2012 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 17 Mar 2012 Texel, NETHERLANDS 329km ENE 63 days
Sighted 02 Apr 2012 Felixstowe Docks, Suffolk 71km NE 79 days Show more from this location
Sighted 03 May 2012 Felixstowe Docks, Suffolk 71km NE 110 days
GR15258 7 12 Mar 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 02 May 2012 Dawlish Warren, Devon 272km WSW 1 year 51 days
Sighted 05 May 2012 Dawlish Warren, Devon 272km WSW 1 year 54 days
GN88084 6I 18 Dec 2010 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 03 May 2012 Brighton, E Sussex 77km SSW 1 year 137 days
GR30043 5 03 Dec 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 12 Jan 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 161km SE 40 days
Sighted 26 Jan 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 161km SE 54 days
Sighted 14 Apr 2012 Brouwersdam, Zeeland, NETHERLANDS 230km E 133 days
GR30329 3 17 Dec 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 05 May 2012 Texel, NETHERLANDS 351km ENE 140 days
GC85652 8 29 Nov 2008 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 06 Jul 2011 Aberdeen Beach, Aberdeen, Scotland 646km NNW 2 years 219 days
Sighted 06 May 2012 Aberdeen Beach, Aberdeen, Scotland 646km NNW 3 years 159 days
GN88045 6I 18 Dec 2010 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 19 Dec 2010 Seasalter, Kent 55km ESE 1 day
Sighted 06 May 2012 Boulogne-sur mer (Continentale Nutrition), Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 130km SE 1 year 140 days
GN86922 7 09 Jan 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 07 Mar 2010 Scarborough, N Yorks 311km N 57 days Show more from this location
Sighted 01 May 2011 Scarborough, N Yorks 311km N 1 year 112 days
Sighted 06 May 2011 Whitby, N Yorks 336km NNW 1 year 117 days
Sighted 12 May 2011 Scarborough, N Yorks 311km N 1 year 123 days Show more from this location
Sighted 08 May 2012 Scarborough, N Yorks 311km N 2 years 120 days New
GR30678 8I 28 Jan 2012 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 16 Feb 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE 161km SE 19 days
Sighted 08 May 2012 Ramsgate, Kent 67km ESE 101 days
GC84203 7 11 Oct 2008 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Sighted 13 Jul 2009 Herne Bay Seafront, Kent 45km ESE 275 days
Sighted 14 Jul 2009 Herne Bay Seafront, Kent 45km ESE 276 days
Sighted 16 May 2011 Herne Bay, Kent 46km ESE 2 years 217 days Show more from this location
Sighted 09 May 2012 Herne Bay, Kent 46km ESE 3 years 211 days New
GR30080 8I 03 Dec 2011 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex Found sick not released 11 Apr 2012 Dover, Kent 73km SE 130 days New
GN88048 3 18 Dec 2010 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 03 Jun 2011 Island Barn Reservoir, West Molesey, Surrey 40km WSW 167 days
Sighted 11 Jan 2012 London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London 29km W 1 year 24 days
Sighted 12 May 2012 Rotherhithe, Greater London 15km W 1 year 146 days

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
GR30473 3 17 Dec 2011 Rainham Tip, Greater London Sighted 30 Jan 2012 R Thames, Rainham, Greater London 1km NW 44 days
Sighted 31 Jan 2012 Beddington SF, Greater London 27km WSW 45 days
Sighted 12 Mar 2012 Texel, NETHERLANDS 351km ENE 86 days Show more from this location
Sighted 05 May 2012 Texel, NETHERLANDS 351km ENE 140 days
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Recoveries

Here are reports of birds ringed by the North Thames Gull Group and subsequently recaptured, re-sighted or found dead.

Notifications added to this website within the last 7 days are marked New.

Within each species these recoveries are listed in chronological order of notification date - most recent notifications last.

For a map showing where each bird has been seen click on the ring number.

For a map showing where all birds of a species ringed on a particular date have been seen click on the ringing date.

Where a photograph of a re-sighting is available, click on the finding date.

Age codes:

  • 1 = nestling
  • 3 = first calendar year
  • 5 = second calendar year
  • 6I = third calendar year or older, but with some immature plumage
  • 7 = third calendar year
  • 8I = fourth calendar year or older, but with some immature plumage
  • 8 = fourth calendar year or older, in adult plumage
  • 9 = fourth calendar year
  • 10 = fifth calendar year or older

Outcome codes:

  • Sighted (R) = field sighting by ringer
  • Sighted (NR) = field sighting by non-ringer

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