Operation Easter
In England and Scotland, investigators from the National Wildlife Crime Unit and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds pursue collectors who illegally steal bird eggs. Some egg thieves have been members of the Jourdain Society.
"As soon as he said his name, I thought, We've found our person." The man in camouflage was Matthew Gonshaw, an egg collector. In Victorian times it was quaint; now it's criminal. Collectors communicate using code numbers as aliases. In ten years on the job, Everitt had never encountered one.