Southern Colour Ringing Group

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

EM38395

2F09

 6 Ringed 02 Feb 2023 Southend Seafront, Essex
Colour marks read 07 Mar 2023 Southend Seafront, Essex 0km 0y 1m 5d

EA55994

2D75

 6 Ringed 01 Feb 2023 Castle Park, Essex
Colour marks read 02 Feb 2023 Castle Park, Essex 0km 0y 0m 1d ➖
Colour marks read 01 Mar 2023 Castle Park, Essex 0km 0y 1m 0d
Colour marks read 02 Mar 2023 Castle Park, Essex 0km 0y 1m 1d
Colour marks read 02 Feb 2023
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02 Mar 2023		 Castle Park, Essex 0km 0y 1m 1d ➕

EZ70310

2D54

 1 Ringed 16 Jul 2021 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 26 Feb 2023 Gann Estuary, Pembrokeshire 355km W 1y 7m 10d

EZ70388

2D68

 1 Ringed 29 Jun 2022 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 23 Feb 2023 Beddington, Greater London 37km SSW 0y 7m 25d

EZ58344

2A43

 1 Ringed 13 Jun 2017 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 01 May 2018 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 0y 10m 18d
Colour marks read 27 May 2018 Taw Estuary, Barnstaple, Devon 299km WSW 0y 11m 14d
Colour marks read 10 Oct 2018 Boscawen Park, Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 1y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 10 Apr 2019 Fishers Green, Essex 0km 1y 9m 28d
Colour marks read 18 Jul 2020 Ferry Bridge, Portland, Dorset 212km SW 3y 1m 5d
Colour marks read 22 Aug 2021 Boscawen Park, Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 4y 2m 9d
Colour marks read 24 Sep 2021 Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 4y 3m 11d ➖
Colour marks read 06 Oct 2021 Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 4y 3m 23d
Colour marks read 24 Sep 2021
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06 Oct 2021		 Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 4y 3m 23d ➕
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2021 Boscawen Park, Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 4y 4m 17d ➖
Colour marks read 11 Jan 2022 Boscawen Park, Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 4y 6m 29d
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2021
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11 Jan 2022		 Boscawen Park, Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 4y 6m 29d ➕
Colour marks read 22 Oct 2022 Truro, Cornwall 387km WSW 5y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 21 Feb 2023 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 5y 8m 8d

EZ70244

2D25

 1 Ringed 08 Jun 2021 Fishers Green, Essex
Found dead 16 Feb 2023 Southend Seafront, Essex 54km ESE 1y 8m 8d

EM38397

2F11

 6 Ringed 02 Feb 2023 Southend Seafront, Essex
Colour marks read 09 Feb 2023 Southend Seafront, Essex 0km 0y 0m 7d

EZ70994

2B01

 1 Ringed 09 Jun 2018 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 26 Dec 2018 River of Bilbao (Bizkaia), SPAIN 966km SSW 0y 6m 17d
Colour marks read 15 Feb 2019 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain 963km SSW 0y 8m 6d ➖
Colour marks read 25 Dec 2020 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain 963km SSW 2y 6m 16d
Colour marks read 15 Feb 2019
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25 Dec 2020		 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain 963km SSW 2y 6m 16d ➕
Colour marks read 15 Dec 2022 River of Bilbao (Bizkaia), SPAIN 966km SSW 4y 6m 6d
Colour marks read 19 Dec 2022 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain 963km SSW 4y 6m 10d ➖
Colour marks read 26 Dec 2022 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain 963km SSW 4y 6m 17d
Colour marks read 19 Dec 2022
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26 Dec 2022		 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain 963km SSW 4y 6m 17d ➕
Colour marks read 19 Jan 2023 River of Bilbao (Bizkaia), SPAIN 966km SSW 4y 7m 10d
Colour marks read 26 Jan 2023 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain, Spain 958km SSW 4y 7m 17d
Re-sighted 03 Feb 2023 River of Bilbao (Bizkaia), SPAIN 966km SSW 4y 7m 25d

EZ70956

2A55

 1 Ringed 04 Jul 2017 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 21 Jan 2023 Boreham near Chelmsford, Essex 39km E 5y 6m 17d

EY85315

2KXP

 1 Ringed 21 Jul 2015 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 12 Apr 2016 Wilstone Reservoir, Hertfordshire 47km WNW 0y 8m 22d
Colour marks read 06 May 2016 Fishers Green, Essex 0km 0y 9m 15d
Colour marks read 19 Mar 2017 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 1y 7m 26d ➖
Colour marks read 17 May 2017 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 1y 9m 26d
Colour marks read 17 Jun 2017 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 1y 10m 27d
Colour marks read 19 Mar 2017
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17 Jun 2017		 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 1y 10m 27d ➕
Colour marks read 15 Jul 2017 Stoke Newington Reservoirs, Greater London 17km SSW 1y 11m 24d ➖
Colour marks read 29 Oct 2017 Stoke Newington Reservoirs, Greater London 17km SSW 2y 3m 8d
Colour marks read 15 Jul 2017
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29 Oct 2017		 Stoke Newington Reservoirs, Greater London 17km SSW 2y 3m 8d ➕
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2018 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 3y 2m 22d ➖
Colour marks read 01 Aug 2019 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 4y 0m 11d
Colour marks read 10 Sep 2019 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 4y 1m 20d
06 Jan 2020 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 4y 5m 16d
Colour marks read 29 Feb 2020 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 4y 7m 8d
Colour marks read 09 Jun 2020 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 4y 10m 19d
Colour marks read 20 Sep 2021 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 6y 1m 30d
Colour marks read 13 Oct 2018
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20 Sep 2021		 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 6y 1m 30d ➕
Colour marks read 14 Oct 2021 Woodberry Wetlands, Greater London 16km SSW 6y 2m 23d
Colour marks read 26 Jul 2022 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 7y 0m 5d
Colour marks read 04 Oct 2022 Woodberry Wetlands, Greater London 16km SSW 7y 2m 13d
Colour marks read 19 Jan 2023 Walthamstow Wetlands, Greater London 14km SSW 7y 5m 29d
Colour marks read 27 Feb 2022 Blue House Farm, North Fambridge, Essex 48km E 0y 0m 22d
Colour marks read 06 Mar 2022 Wallasea Island, Essex 59km E 0y 1m 1d
Colour marks read 06 Jan 2023 Blue House Farm, North Fambridge, Essex 48km E 0y 11m 1d

Map of recoveries

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