Bird egg collecting ‘addict’, 71, is spared jail over his illegal collection
Daniel Lingham, 71, of Newton St Faith, Norfolk, leaves Norwich Magistrates’ Court having been sentenced to 12 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months over his illegal collection of wild birds’ eggs (Sam Russell/ PA)
A self-described egg collecting addict has been handed a suspended jail-term for illegally amassing a collection of almost 3,000 wild birds’ eggs.
Daniel Lingham, 71, had served two prison sentences for his illegal egg collecting – in 2005 and in 2018 – before he was caught on a wildlife trap camera stealing two eggs from a nightjar nest in 2023.
