• Hidden eggs

    In a period dominated by stories of bird crime, here is my account of the latest case to reach court.

    It’s very rare to enter an egg collector's house and hit jackpot - this has happened to me only once in 10 years and on that occasion it involved 7,000 eggs and then five weeks' work identifying them!

    Last May I was involved in a Nottinghamshire Police raid. It followed a man seen acting suspiciously at two…