As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Swedish and British egg collectors jailed after RSPB investigation


Birdwatch News Archive

Posted on: 03 Feb 2014
An criminal enquiry which started in Britain in 2009 has led to the conviction of three Swedish egg collectors last week.

The 23-day trial in the province of Ångermanland, central Sweden, resulted in the jailing of one of the men for a year.

In February 2009, a collection of over 2,000 birds’ eggs was seized by police in Co Durham and examined by RSPB investigators. Associated documentation including around 6,000 emails showed that the chief suspect was involved in exchanging birds’ eggs with a ring of people in England, Scotland, Sweden, the United States and Australia. Andrew Seed, of Low Willington, Co Durham, was convicted in December 2009 for keeping, trading and smuggling birds’ eggs, and subsequently received a suspended jail sentence.


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