Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus recoveries
These birds ringed by the Southern Colour Ringing Group 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2D77 |
6 | Ringed | 01 Mar 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 0m 1d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 27 Jul 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 4m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 30 Oct 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 29d | |||
| Colour marks read | 27 Nov 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 8m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 04 Sep 2024 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 6m 3d | |||
| Colour marks read | 06 Sep 2024 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 6m 5d | |||
| Colour marks read | 04 Nov 2024 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 8m 3d | |||
| Colour marks read | 22 Nov 2024 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 8m 21d | |||
| Colour marks read | 13 Feb 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 11m 12d | |||
| Colour marks read | 04 Aug 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 2y 5m 3d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 2y 7m 17d | |||
| Colour marks read | 22 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 2y 7m 21d | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2023 to 22 Oct 2025 |
Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 2y 7m 21d | ➕ | ||
|
2D87 |
6 | Ringed | 25 Feb 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 0m 5d | |||
| Colour marks read | 03 Mar 2025 | Amwell Gravel Pits, Hertfordshire | 63km W | 0y 0m 6d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 23d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 22 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 27d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 to 22 Oct 2025 |
Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 27d | ➕ | ||
|
2C38 |
1 | Ringed | 22 Jun 2019 | Fishers Green, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 08 May 2021 | Fishers Green, Essex | 0km | 1y 10m 16d | |||
| Colour marks read | 09 May 2021 | Rye Meads Scrape, Hertfordshire | 7km N | 1y 10m 17d | |||
| 20 May 2021 | Amwell Gravel Pits, Hertfordshire | 9km N | 1y 10m 28d | ➖ | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 Mar 2022 | Amwell Gravel Pits, Hertfordshire | 9km N | 2y 9m 2d | |||
| Colour marks read | 20 May 2021 to 24 Mar 2022 |
Amwell Gravel Pits, Hertfordshire | 9km N | 2y 9m 2d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 29 Mar 2023 | Rye Meads, Hertfordshire | 7km N | 3y 9m 7d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 11 Jul 2023 | Rye Meads, Hertfordshire | 7km N | 4y 0m 19d | |||
| Colour marks read | 14 May 2024 | Rye Meads, Hertfordshire | 7km N | 4y 10m 22d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Apr 2025 | Rye Meads, Hertfordshire | 7km N | 5y 9m 27d | |||
| Colour marks read | 26 Apr 2025 | Rye Meads, Hertfordshire | 7km N | 5y 10m 4d | |||
| Colour marks read | 29 Mar 2023 to 26 Apr 2025 |
Rye Meads, Hertfordshire | 7km N | 5y 10m 4d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 19 Oct 2025 | Weir Wood Reservoir, East Sussex | 68km S | 6y 3m 27d | |||
|
2D76 |
6 | Ringed | 01 Mar 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 0m 1d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Jul 2023 | Hirtshals Habour, Denmark, Denmark | 859km NE | 0y 4m 17d | |||
| Colour marks read | 10 Oct 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 9d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 13 Oct 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 12d | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 Oct 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 23d | |||
| Colour marks read | 27 Oct 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 30 Oct 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 7m 29d | |||
| Colour marks read | 04 Nov 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 8m 3d | |||
| Colour marks read | 27 Nov 2023 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 8m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 04 Nov 2024 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 8m 3d | |||
| Colour marks read | 22 Nov 2024 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 8m 21d | |||
| Colour marks read | 13 Feb 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 11m 12d | |||
| Colour marks read | 24 Feb 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 11m 23d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 2y 7m 17d | |||
| Colour marks read | 10 Oct 2023 to 18 Oct 2025 |
Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 2y 7m 17d | ➕ | ||
|
2D89 |
6 | Ringed | 24 Feb 2024 | Castle Park, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 0m 6d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 12 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 7m 18d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 7m 24d | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2025 to 18 Oct 2025 |
Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 1y 7m 24d | ➕ | ||
|
2D88 |
6 | Ringed | 13 Feb 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 0m 17d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 18 Oct 2025 | Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 8m 5d | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2025 to 18 Oct 2025 |
Castle Park, Essex | 0km | 0y 8m 5d | ➕ | ||
|
2A04 |
1 | Ringed | 03 Jun 2017 | Fishers Green, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 09 Jul 2019 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 2y 1m 6d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 11 Feb 2021 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 3y 8m 8d | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Mar 2021 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 3y 8m 27d | |||
| Colour marks read | 09 Jul 2019 to 02 Mar 2021 |
Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 3y 8m 27d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 26 Jun 2021 | Fishers Green, Essex | 0km | 4y 0m 23d | |||
| Colour marks read | 17 Jul 2021 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 4y 1m 14d | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Jan 2022 | Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook, Greater London | 14km S | 4y 7m 15d | |||
| Colour marks read | 23 Feb 2022 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 4y 8m 20d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 27 Oct 2022 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 5y 4m 24d | |||
| Colour marks read | 29 Dec 2023 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 6y 6m 26d | |||
| Colour marks read | 11 Jan 2025 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 7y 7m 8d | |||
| Colour marks read | 11 Oct 2025 | Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 8y 4m 8d | |||
| Colour marks read | 23 Feb 2022 to 11 Oct 2025 |
Wanstead Flats, Greater London | 17km SSE | 8y 4m 8d | ➕ | ||
|
2F95 |
1 | Ringed | 19 Jun 2025 | Fishers Green, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 11 Sep 2025 | Hosehill Lake, Theale, West Berkshire | 80km WSW | 0y 2m 23d | |||
|
2N04 |
6 | Ringed | 03 Jan 2025 | Southchurch Hall Park, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 18 Jul 2025 | Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire | 203km N | 0y 6m 15d | |||
| Re-sighted | 22 Aug 2025 | Westcliff Seafront, Essex | 8km WSW | 0y 7m 19d | |||
| Colour marks read | 07 Sep 2025 | Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire | 203km N | 0y 8m 4d | |||
|
2F00 |
6 | Ringed | 31 Jan 2023 | Southchurch Hall Park, Essex | |||
| Colour marks read | 27 Jun 2023 | Southend Seafront, Essex | 0km WSW | 0y 4m 27d | ➖ | ||
| Colour marks read | 29 Jun 2023 | Southend Seafront, Essex | 0km WSW | 0y 4m 29d | |||
| Colour marks read | 01 Dec 2023 | Southend Seafront, Essex | 0km WSW | 0y 10m 0d | |||
| Colour marks read | 27 Jun 2023 to 01 Dec 2023 |
Southend Seafront, Essex | 0km WSW | 0y 10m 0d | ➕ | ||
| Colour marks read | 29 Jul 2025 | Westcliff Seafront, Essex | 8km WSW | 2y 5m 28d | |||
| Colour marks read | 02 Sep 2025 | Southend Seafront, Essex | 0km WSW | 2y 7m 2d |
Map of recoveries
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