This is the third time Daniel Lingham, 71, has been sentenced for egg theft offences.
A prolific egg collector has avoided a prison sentence after he stole almost 3,000 wild bird eggs from their nests. Daniel Lingham, 71, of Norfolk, was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail - suspended for 18 months - today, after a police raid of his home on 25 July last year uncovered 2,995 wild bird eggs - with some hidden behind a bath panel and others hoarded in his bedroom. He previously pleaded guilty to five offences at Norwich Magistrates Court on 20 February.
There were also 546 eggs from birds on the red conservation list, including the Linnet, Green Finch, Yellowhammer, and House Sparrow, and a further 548 from birds on the amber list. Officers also found specialist books, binoculars, and an egg-blowing kit, enabling them to charge him with 'possessing articles capable of being used to identify and take eggs'.
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