Recent Controls

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
Gdansk FN41857 8 31 May 2008 Bielinek Gravel Pit, Gryfino, POLAND Sighted 12 Aug 2008 Rendesburg-Eckernorde, Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY 311km WNW 73 days
Sighted 14 May 2009 Bielinek Gravel Pit, Gryfino, POLAND 0km 348 days
Sighted 21 May 2009 Bielinek Gravel Pit, Gryfino, POLAND 0km 355 days
Sighted 27 Jun 2009 Bielinek Gravel Pit, Gryfino, POLAND 0km 1 year 27 days
Sighted 26 Jul 2009 Rendesburg-Eckernorde, Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY 311km WNW 1 year 56 days
Sighted 07 Aug 2009 Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY 329km NW 1 year 68 days
Sighted (NR) 19 Dec 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 942km W 1 year 202 days New
Helgoland 5346550 6 19 May 2006 Pionierinsel Luhe, Landkreis Stade, Niedersachsen, GERMANY Sighted 13 Jul 2006 Southend Seafront, Essex 642km WSW 55 days
Sighted 17 Feb 2007 Southend Seafront, Essex 642km WSW 274 days
Sighted 17 Feb 2007 Southend Pier, Essex 642km WSW 274 days
Sighted 24 May 2008 Pionierinsel Luhe, Landkreis Stade, Niedersachsen, GERMANY 0km 2 years 5 days
Sighted (NR) 22 Aug 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 654km WSW 3 years 95 days
Sighted (NR) 02 Jan 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 654km WSW 3 years 228 days
Sighted 30 Jan 2010 Southend Pier, Essex 642km WSW 3 years 256 days New

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
Stavanger 4189092 1 13 Jun 1992 Rauna, Farsund, NORWAY Cannon netted 07 Mar 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 825km SSW 16 years 267 days
Sighted 25 Apr 2009 Rauna, Farsund, NORWAY 0 16 years 316 days
Sighted 06 Feb 2010 Malaga Harbour, Andalusia, SPAIN 1693km SSW 17 years 238 days
Sighted 21 Feb 2010 Malaga Harbour, Andalusia, SPAIN 1693km SSW 17 years 253 days
FP86461 3 11 Nov 2006 Gloucester Landfill Site, Gloucs Sighted 17 Feb 2007 Playa de Levante, Cadiz, SPAIN 1730km S 98 days
Sighted 02 Mar 2008 Caamano Laxes, Coruna, SPAIN 1142km SSW 1 year 112 days
Sighted (NR) 13 Feb 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 195km E 3 years 94 days

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
GC84591 10 22 Nov 2008 Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire Sighted 11 Dec 2008 Groby Pool, Leics 101km NE 19 days
Sighted 20 Feb 2009 Beddington SF, Greater London 148km ESE 90 days
Sighted 20 Jul 2009 Den Helder, Noord-Holland, NETHERLANDS 480km ENE 240 days
Sighted 17 Aug 2009 Den Helder, Noord-Holland, NETHERLANDS 480km ENE 268 days
Sighted (R) 26 Jan 2010 Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, NETHERLANDS 436km E 1 year 65 days
Sighted (NR) 27 Feb 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 184km ESE 1 year 97 days

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
Gdansk DN20646 1 01 Jun 2007 Przykona Reservoir, Radyczyny, Turek, POLAND Sighted (NR) 30 Jul 2008 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 1194km WNW 1 year 59 days
Sighted (NR) 01 Aug 2008 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 1194km WNW 1 year 61 days
Sighted 23 Aug 2008 Blackborough End Tip, King's Lynn, Norfolk 1233km W 1 year 83 days
Sighted 06 Sep 2008 Blackborough End Tip, King's Lynn, Norfolk 1233km W 1 year 97 days
Sighted (NR) 07 Feb 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 1252km W 1 year 251 days

Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Ring no. Age Ringing date Site Outcome Finding date Location Movement Interval
Stavanger FA24006 1 05 Jul 1999 Skogholmen, Lyngen, Troms, NORWAY Sighted 04 Feb 2009 Stubbers Green, Aldridge, West Midlands 1895km S 9 years 214 days
Sighted 05 Feb 2009 Stubbers Green, Aldridge, West Midlands 1895km S 9 years 215 days
Cannon netted 06 Feb 2010 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 2005km S 10 years 216 days
GG77805 1 13 Jul 2008 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk Sighted (NR) 25 Jul 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 92km SW 1 year 12 days
Sighted 21 Jan 2010 Drinkstone, Suffolk 47km WNW 1 year 192 days
Sighted 20 Feb 2010 Crayford Creek, Crayford, Kent 114km SW 1 year 222 days
GG77804 1 11 Jul 2009 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk Sighted (R) 19 Dec 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 92km SW 161 days
Sighted 01 Mar 2010 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 0km 233 days New
GG77983 1 13 Jul 2009 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk Sighted (R) 19 Dec 2009 Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex 92km SW 159 days
Sighted 01 Mar 2010 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk 0km 231 days New
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Controls

Here are reports of birds ringed elsewhere and re-caught or re-sighted by members of the North Thames Gull Group.

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.

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
  • 10 = fifth calendar year or older

Outcome codes:

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