A 63-year-old man has admitted taking almost 200 wild bird eggs including those belonging to endangered species. He had specialist equipment to collect eggs and took some from endangered species.
Terence Potter, from Huddersfield, appeared at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 17th February 2021, charged with two counts of possessing an article capable of being used to take birds eggs, three counts of possession of a wild bird’s eggs and three counts of taking wild bird eggs.
The charges brought against Mr Potter, of Cumberworth Lane, Upper Cumberworth, date back to April 2020 with allegations that he took 179 black headed gull eggs, four golden plover eggs and three curlew eggs.
In Holmfirth, in April 2020, Potter was found to be in possession of a number of items that helped in his removal of those eggs including syringes, binoculars, egg blowing equipment, thermal imaging binoculars and an incubator as well as handwritten data cards.
Potter will be sentenced at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on April 23.
Source: Yorkshire Examiner live
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