Article: Obsession with eggs could put this man in prison; NEST RAIDER: Man branded Britain's worst offender for stealing wild birds' eggs.(News)

Article: Police recover wild birds' eggs in raids; ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  June 20, 2007 ;     501 words ... ... a woman suspected of having wild birds' eggs have been arrested during police ... recovered about 100 suspected stolen wild birds' eggs as part of Operation Carron ... said: "The illegal taking of wild birds' eggs is having a major impact on ...

Article: Wild birds project expects a bumper yield of ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 3, 2009 ;     372 words ...A research project in Cornwall studying wild birds is expecting a bumper yield of eggs, thanks to the support of landowners. Two ... Gardman, is hoping to find out how what we feed wild birds affects their health. The project also aims ...

Article: Man's hoard of wild birds' eggs
The Northern Echo;  January 22, 2000 ;     437 words ... ... possessing more than 500 wild birds' eggs. Keith Hartburn ... to three charges of egg possession before the ... three collections of eggs last year at addresses ... conviction are 5,000 per egg. The prosecution alleges the eggs were taken from several ...

Article: Police seize 11,000 wild birds' eggs
The Independent - London;  September 26, 1994 ;     263 words ...More than 11,000 wild birds' eggs were seized yesterday in a nation ... offence to be in possession of wild birds' eggs unless they were obtained before ... can be up to pounds 5,000 per egg. Two people were being questioned ...

Article: Man had 550 wild birds' eggs.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  January 22, 2000 ;     300 words ... ... admitted possessing a collection of 559 wild birds' eggs when he appeared before magistrates ... to three charges of possession of eggs under the Wildlife and Countryside ... of taking eight rare golden eagle eggs. He also pleaded not guilty to the ...

Article: Man had 550 wild birds' eggs
Evening Mail;  January 22, 2000 ;     299 words ... ... admitted possessing a collection of 559 wild birds' eggs when he appeared before magistrates ... to three charges of possession of eggs under the Wildlife and Countryside ... of taking eight rare golden eagle eggs. He also pleaded not guilty to the ...

Article: Man caught with wild birds' eggs; CRIME: ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  June 19, 2008 ;     694 words ... ... possessing four skylark eggs and two charges of possessing egg collecting equipment ... written by convicted egg collectors. Also ... photographs of bird eggs, Ordnance Survey ... the taking of bird eggs. "At a national level, egg collecting is encouragingly ...