Police seize 6,000 illegal wild birds’ eggs as raids net largest haul in UK history Part of an international initiative to combat organised wildlife crime, similar seizures in Australia and Norway have recovered more than 50,000 eggs.
The UK raids took place in November as part of Operation Pulka, an international effort to tackle organised wildlife crime – specifically the taking, possessing and trading of wild birds’ eggs.
The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) says it is the largest of its kind in the UK in terms of the number of eggs and the scale of the network.
More than 6,000 eggs have been seized in the biggest haul of its kind in UK history, after police carried out raids in Scotland, South Yorkshire, Essex, Wales and Gloucester.
The raids began in June 2023 in Norway, and resulted in 16 arrests and the seizure of 50,000 eggs.
