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

EZ70218

2D00

1 Ringed 08 Jun 2021 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 30 Apr 2025 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 3y 10m 22d ➖
Colour marks read 09 May 2025 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 3y 11m 1d
Colour marks read 30 Apr 2025
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09 May 2025
Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 3y 11m 1d ➕

EZ70246

2D28

1 Ringed 08 Jun 2021 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 10 Jan 2022 Ogston Reservoir, UK 185km NNW 0y 7m 2d ➖
Colour marks read 15 Oct 2022 Ogston Reservoir, UK 186km NNW 1y 4m 7d
Colour marks read 17 Oct 2022 Ogston Reservoir, UK 186km NNW 1y 4m 9d
Colour marks read 10 Jan 2022
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17 Oct 2022
Ogston Reservoir, UK 186km NNW 1y 4m 9d ➕
Colour marks read 24 Jun 2023 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 2y 0m 16d
Colour marks read 30 Sep 2023 Carr Vale Nature Reserve, Derbyshire 190km NNW 2y 3m 22d
Colour marks read 02 May 2024 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 2y 10m 24d ➖
Colour marks read 18 Apr 2025 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 3y 10m 10d
Colour marks read 02 May 2024
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18 Apr 2025
Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 7km N 3y 10m 10d ➕

EA55987

2C75

6 Ringed 20 Jul 2022 Sunnymead Farm, Essex
Colour marks read 29 Apr 2023 Sunnymead Farm, Essex 0km 0y 9m 9d ➖
Colour marks read 22 Apr 2024 Sunnymead Farm, Essex 0km 1y 9m 2d
Colour marks read 10 Apr 2025 Sunnymead Farm, Essex 0km 2y 8m 21d
Colour marks read 29 Apr 2023
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10 Apr 2025
Sunnymead Farm, Essex 0km 2y 8m 21d ➕

EZ70214

2C96

1 Ringed 08 Jun 2021 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 16 Apr 2022 Marsh Lane Nature Reserve, Warwickshire 139km NW 0y 10m 8d
Colour marks read 01 May 2022 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, United Kingdom 267km NW 0y 10m 23d
Colour marks read 19 May 2024 Maple Lodge Nature Reserve Maple Cross, Hertfordshire 35km WSW 2y 11m 11d ➖
Colour marks read 01 Apr 2025 Maple Lodge Nature Reserve Maple Cross, Hertfordshire 35km WSW 3y 9m 24d
Colour marks read 19 May 2024
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01 Apr 2025
Maple Lodge Nature Reserve Maple Cross, Hertfordshire 35km WSW 3y 9m 24d ➕

EZ70216

2C98

1 Ringed 08 Jun 2021 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 31 May 2023 Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 1y 11m 23d
Colour marks read 15 Jul 2023 Pyewipe, Lincolnshire 208km N 2y 1m 7d
Colour marks read 27 Feb 2024 Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 2y 8m 19d ➖
Colour marks read 01 Mar 2024 Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 2y 8m 22d
Colour marks read 03 Mar 2024 Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 2y 8m 24d
Colour marks read 27 Feb 2024
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03 Mar 2024
Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 2y 8m 24d ➕
Colour marks read 16 Mar 2024 Horseshoe Lake Sandhurst, Reading 68km SW 2y 9m 8d
Colour marks read 27 Apr 2024 Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 2y 10m 19d ➖
Colour marks read 28 Feb 2025 Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 3y 8m 20d
Colour marks read 27 Apr 2024
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28 Feb 2025
Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 3y 8m 20d ➕

EZ58358

2A62

1 Ringed 04 Jul 2017 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 11 Jan 2019 Madrid Río, Manzanares river, Madrid, Spain 1289km SSW 1y 6m 7d
Colour marks read 09 Mar 2019 Pinto Landfill Site, SPAIN 1303km SSW 1y 8m 5d
Colour marks read 04 Jun 2019 Fishers Green, Essex 0km 1y 11m 0d
Colour marks read 23 Nov 2019 Pinto Landfill Site, SPAIN 1303km SSW 2y 4m 19d ➖
Re-sighted 20 Feb 2021 Pinto Landfill Site, SPAIN 1303km SSW 3y 7m 16d
Re-sighted 23 Nov 2019
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20 Feb 2021
Pinto Landfill Site, SPAIN 1303km SSW 3y 7m 16d ➕
Colour marks read 25 Jun 2021 Fishers Green, Essex 0km 3y 11m 21d ➖
Colour marks read 26 Jun 2021 Fishers Green, Essex 0km 3y 11m 22d
Colour marks read 11 Jun 2022 Fishers Green, Essex 0km 4y 11m 7d
Colour marks read 24 Jun 2023 Fishers Green, Essex 0km 5y 11m 20d
Colour marks read 25 Jun 2021
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24 Jun 2023
Fishers Green, Essex 0km 5y 11m 20d ➕
Colour marks read 18 Jan 2025 Pinto Landfill Site, SPAIN 1303km SSW 7y 6m 14d

EY99561

2LAT

1 Ringed 26 Jun 2015 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2023 Bexley Tip, Greater London 31km SSE 8y 5m 10d ➖
Re-sighted 22 Nov 2024 Bexley Tip, Greater London 31km SSE 9y 4m 27d
Re-sighted 03 Dec 2024 Bexley Tip, Greater London 31km SSE 9y 5m 7d
Re-sighted 06 Dec 2023
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03 Dec 2024
Bexley Tip, Greater London 31km SSE 9y 5m 7d ➕

EM38324

2F01

6 Ringed 31 Jan 2023 Southchurch Hall Park, Essex
Colour marks read 10 Mar 2024 Odense, Denmark, Denmark 767km NE 1y 1m 8d
Colour marks read 22 Jul 2024 Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 74km NW 1y 5m 21d ➖
Colour marks read 17 Oct 2024 Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 74km NW 1y 8m 16d
Colour marks read 30 Oct 2024 Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 74km NW 1y 8m 29d
Colour marks read 22 Jul 2024
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30 Oct 2024
Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 74km NW 1y 8m 29d ➕

EZ70343

2D13

1 Ringed 29 Jun 2022 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 31 Mar 2023 Moor Green Lakes NR, United Kingdom 69km SW 0y 9m 2d
Colour marks read 11 Oct 2024 Les Bas Champs, France, France 380km SSW 2y 3m 12d

EZ70417

2F34

1 Ringed 26 Jun 2023 Fishers Green, Essex
Colour marks read 03 Sep 2024 Cardiff Bay, Cardiff 220km W 1y 2m 8d ➖
Colour marks read 04 Sep 2024 Cardiff Bay, Cardiff 220km W 1y 2m 9d
Colour marks read 03 Sep 2024
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04 Sep 2024
Cardiff Bay, Cardiff 220km W 1y 2m 9d ➕

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