Daniel Lingham, 71, was identified on a wildlife trap camera by his distinctive walking stick.
A self-described egg collecting addict has been spared jail after he illegally amassed a collection of almost 3,000 wild birds' eggs.
Lingham was also ordered to comply with a 12-month mental health treatment requirement including 15 rehabilitation activity days. Screengrab taken from body worn camera issued by Norfolk Police of Daniel Lingham as his home is searchedMiss Jones said the defendant said he “unfortunately disturbed a nightjar nest and fell into the awful trap of taking the eggs”.
A total of 2,995 eggs were found within his home, including 2,429 eggs from native birds in his bedroom. He admitted at an earlier hearing to five offences, including taking the nightjar eggs and possessing 2,429 eggs of a non-schedule one wild bird under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
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