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Episode 16: Bad Eggs, First Crack: Jeffrey Lendrum
A former Rhodesian ornithology nerd gets caught in an airport shower with fourteen peregrine falcon eggs strapped to his chest. This week we cover one of the biggest cases in the history of oology. Hannah & Cleo discuss Joshua Hammer's The Falcon Thief, from helicopter raids on remote cliffs to eggs incubated in socks.
Music by fknsyd
16:26 Bad Eggs discussion starts
Sources
- Outside Online - “On the Trail of the World’s Most Daring Egg Smuggler” (Joshua Hammer): https://www.outsideonline.com/2378786/egg-thief-jeffrey-lendrum-falcon
- CBC Radio: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-23-2019-1.4988386
- National Wildlife Crime Unit (UK): https://nwcu.police.uk/news/nwcu-police-press-releases/four-and-a-half-years-imprisonment-for-international-falcon-smuggler
- The National (UAE): https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/notorious-wildlife-thief-loses-bid-for-freedom-1.1037071
- Matrix Chambers : https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/jeffrey-lendrum-will-not-be-extradited-to-brazil/
- War on Wildlife blog: https://waronwildlife.co.uk/2020/06/22/egg-thief-jeffrey-lendrum-denied-early-release/
- Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/falcon-egg-thief.html
- Mongabay video feature (2026): https://news.mongabay.com/video/2026/02/the-man-who-risked-everything-to-steal-bird-eggs/.
- Wikipedia - Oology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oology
- Ornithology.com - Oology overview (Colin Watson, Gregory Wheal): https://ornithology.com/oology-the-study-of-bird-eggs/.
- American Ornithological Society - “An Egg Is Always an Adventure”: https://americanornithology.org/an-egg-is-always-an-adventureoscar-wilde/.
- Revlox - Daniel Lingham case: https://www.revlox.com/crime/the-case-of-daniel-lingham-britains-repeat-bird-egg-collector-who-amassed-nearly-3000-illegal-specimens/.
- Bird Watcher’s General Store - “The Evil Hobby of Egg Collecting”: https://www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com/the-evil-hobby-of-egg-collecting-banned-since-1918/.
- Book: The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYMRLBYRuc
- https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Prolific_wildlife_criminal_jailed_for_rare_bird_eggs_smuggling_attempt.aspx?s_id=288823488
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-11002924
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By Hannah Gamble + Cleo WellsEpisode 16: Bad Eggs, First Crack: Jeffrey Lendrum
A former Rhodesian ornithology nerd gets caught in an airport shower with fourteen peregrine falcon eggs strapped to his chest. This week we cover one of the biggest cases in the history of oology. Hannah & Cleo discuss Joshua Hammer's The Falcon Thief, from helicopter raids on remote cliffs to eggs incubated in socks.
Music by fknsyd
16:26 Bad Eggs discussion starts
Sources
- Outside Online - “On the Trail of the World’s Most Daring Egg Smuggler” (Joshua Hammer): https://www.outsideonline.com/2378786/egg-thief-jeffrey-lendrum-falcon
- CBC Radio: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-23-2019-1.4988386
- National Wildlife Crime Unit (UK): https://nwcu.police.uk/news/nwcu-police-press-releases/four-and-a-half-years-imprisonment-for-international-falcon-smuggler
- The National (UAE): https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/notorious-wildlife-thief-loses-bid-for-freedom-1.1037071
- Matrix Chambers : https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/jeffrey-lendrum-will-not-be-extradited-to-brazil/
- War on Wildlife blog: https://waronwildlife.co.uk/2020/06/22/egg-thief-jeffrey-lendrum-denied-early-release/
- Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/falcon-egg-thief.html
- Mongabay video feature (2026): https://news.mongabay.com/video/2026/02/the-man-who-risked-everything-to-steal-bird-eggs/.
- Wikipedia - Oology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oology
- Ornithology.com - Oology overview (Colin Watson, Gregory Wheal): https://ornithology.com/oology-the-study-of-bird-eggs/.
- American Ornithological Society - “An Egg Is Always an Adventure”: https://americanornithology.org/an-egg-is-always-an-adventureoscar-wilde/.
- Revlox - Daniel Lingham case: https://www.revlox.com/crime/the-case-of-daniel-lingham-britains-repeat-bird-egg-collector-who-amassed-nearly-3000-illegal-specimens/.
- Bird Watcher’s General Store - “The Evil Hobby of Egg Collecting”: https://www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com/the-evil-hobby-of-egg-collecting-banned-since-1918/.
- Book: The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYMRLBYRuc
- https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Prolific_wildlife_criminal_jailed_for_rare_bird_eggs_smuggling_attempt.aspx?s_id=288823488
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-11002924