From DevonLive news, 6 April 2018:
A man has been charged with a number of offences against the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, in relation to the taking of and disturbing of protected birds, their nests and eggs.
Jason North, aged 49, from Plymouth has been charged with 14 offences including the disturbance of Schedule 1 birds at or near the nest and the taking of eggs.
These include rare species such as Golden Eagle and Osprey in Scotland.
Further offences relate to nest disturbance and the taking of eggs of rare Devon birds namely Hobby, Peregrine Falcon and Little-Ringed Plover from sites on Dartmoor, Devon.
These offences are alleged to have taken place in Devon and Scotland during 2016.
Mr North is due before Plymouth Magistrates court on 3 May.
ENDS
Thanks to Police Wildlife Crime Officer Josh Marshall from Devon & Cornwall Police for alerting us to this case. Great partnership working between the Police, RSPB & CPS to get this case to court.
Raptor Persecution UK 
I saw this via PWCO Josh Marshall’s Twitter feed. He praised the RSPB Investigations team for their work. I’m sure Nevin Hunter would like to add his congratulations too?!
https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/former-police-chiefs-toxic-vendetta-against-rspb-undermines-partnership-to-tackle-wildlife-crime/
Letn us hope Mr North is dealt with severely, however, don’t hold your breath as magistrates can be utterly lax on these matters.
Perhaps best to wait and see whether the court finds him guilty before suggesting he’s “dealt with severely”.
I’m relatively hopeful he’ll be convicted (if guilty). Not aware of a powerful lobby behind
egg-collectors
Note to NWCU and PWCO,s
Partnership working = successful case