A man who abseiled down a quarry cliff face to take peregrine falcon eggs from a nest has been jailed for 18 weeks
Christopher Wheeldon took the eggs from Bolsover Moor Quarry on April 23, 2023
A hidden wildlife camera monitoring the nest had captured Mr Wheeldon, 34, abseiling down to reach and take the eggs, which can be sold for thousands of pounds on the middle eastern avian market
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