Daniel Lingham, 71, from Newton St Faith, Norfolk has admitted to stealing nearly 3,000 rare bird eggs.
Credit: Norfolk Police

Daniel Lingham admitted to stealing more nearly 3,000 rare bird eggs when he appeared at Norwich Magistrates' Court.

'Addicted' collector hoarded thousands of stolen bird eggs

A project to improve their habitat at Horsey Island has improved the numbers of chicks this year.

How a plan to raise an entire beach has boosted rare seabird numbers

061023 ANGLIA Clive the bar-tailed godwit

Bird experts have been stunned by what their trailblazing tracking project has revealed about godwits' migration challenges.

Why Clive the godwit's epic fail has got bird experts all aflutter

Suffolk Police: "There is no place for such activity in modern times"

The five birds were found dead together in Kings Forest in Suffolk in January, but their killer remains unknown.

Gamekeeper sentenced over five rare goshawks found shot dead

Undated handout photo issued by the RSPB of a bee-eater in flight. Rare bee-eater chicks have hatched in a Norfolk quarry in a "vivid reminder" of climate change, conservationists have said. The colourful birds normally nest in southern Europe and northern Africa, but there has been a notable increase in nesting attempts by the species further north, including in the UK, in the past 20 years as the world warms, the RSPB said. 

It is the first time the summer visitors, known by some as the rainbow bird, have returned to the same breeding site in the UK in consecutive years.

Rare rainbow bee-eater birds make 'unprecedented' return

Rylan the adder captured stretching by volunteer Steve Everett.

Volunteer Steve Everett spends hours capturing the sights and sounds of RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk.

'Yawning' adders and booming bitterns: the stunning sights of spring

Usually found in northern Africa and southern Europe, rare bee-eaters have made a small quarry in Norfolk their home.

Why eight rare birds are 'vivid' reminder of climate change threat

Numbers of Black-tailed godwits have almost doubled thanks to a successful six year breeding programme.

Rare wading bird brought back from brink of extinction thanks to Fenland project

The UK has seen more than 100 separate outbreaks of the disease in the last eight months.

Calls for bird flu vaccine amid country's biggest ever outbreak

In a statement, the reserve confirmed the dead birds have since tested positive for avian flu.

Bird flu outbreak confirmed as more than 30 birds die at reserve

Usually found in northern Africa and southern Europe, seven bee-eaters have made a small quarry in Norfolk their home.

Rare rainbow-coloured birds visiting UK coast 'worrying sign of climate change'

Staff and volunteers at RSPB Minsmere are urging the government to act quickly before the virus spreads further

Suspected bird flu outbreak at nature reserve as 38 birds found dead

A campaign to remember the founder of the RSPB has reached the charity's headquarters in Sandy in Bedfordshire.

Finding a fitting tribute to the founder of the RSPB

Strumpshaw Fen and Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk are taking part with a series of nature-filled events across the summer.

Open for business:  'The Big Wild Summer' for RSPB's nature reserves

Energy company EDF wants to build a new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk.

Plans to build the nuclear power station right nextdoor to the nature reserve have been criticised by campaigners

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