PYRTLE
Old Berkshire Boy

Some of the photos and video grabs show hand written labels alongside the clutches eg, Nightjar, Holt Lowes.....and there were at least 3 clutches of this species in the cabinets. He is reported as being single handedly responsible on his previous conviction of the demise of breeding nightingales in North Norfolk, though deer grazing must also be a contribution.Real eggers don't deal in single eggs, they want the scientific record of a clutch: they think they are scientists, not villains. He's probably taking whole clutches and he almost certainly has a ring of like-minded badduns to swap with even if he didn't have additional hidden collection elements that the police didn't find last time. It would be interesting to see the records he must have stashed somewhere about each and every egg, which will include dates they were collected.
John
I'm informed his diaries / logbooks also had dates, geolocations and nest description / habitat details hence his obsession with the practice.
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