egg collecting as obsession and, 108, 110, 112, 113
imprisonment of, 114
peregrine obsession of, 108
Victorian era and, 109
H Is for Hawk (Macdonald), 36
hoarding, 113
Hodson, Christopher, 217–18
houbara bustard, 138–39, 140, 141
Hughes, Dennis, 109, 272–73
Humphrey, Raymond Leslie, 193–94
Hunt, Craig, 226, 264, 268, 269
Hunter, Nevin, 214, 270
Hustler, Christopher “Kit” Adrian and Jeffrey Lendrum arrest and, 79–83, 84
Adrian and Jeffrey Lendrum trial and, 86, 88, 90, 211
Hwange National Park, 60
IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), 241–42
In Search of the Gyr-Falcon (Vesey), 165
insecticides, 10–11, 12, 133, 273
insects, 190
International Union for Conservation of Nature, 154
Iran, 141
Ivan the Terrible (czar of Russia), 142–43
ivory smuggling, 8, 189
Jeffreys, Alec, 191
Jeter, Mark, 15
Jourdain, Francis Charles Robert, 100, 109
Jourdain Society (British Oological Association), 100, 101, 109
Kerr, Chris, 185
kestrel, 33
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh (ruler of Abu Dhabi), 39
kingfisher, 114
Kinsley, John, 271–72
Kleinschmidt, Otto, 235
Kreyenborg, Hermann, 235
Kuujjuaq. See Lendrum’s Canadian gyrfalcon egg trips
Lady (peregrine falcon), 34
lanner falcons, 127–29
Latham, John, 114
Layard, Austen Henry, 31, 33–34
Lee, Derek, 108, 110, 114
Lendrum, Adrian (Lendrum’s father) academic studies by, 55–56
appearance of, 24
death of, 223
egg raiding, 59, 61
egg smuggling evidence, 88–89, 211
family move to Rhodesia, 48–50
influence on Lendrum, 55, 89–90
Lendrum’s childhood egg collecting and, 45–46
Matobo National Park raptor survey participation, 51–54, 55, 60–61
ornithology interest, 50–51
Rhodesian Bush War and, 57
trial of (1984), 85–88, 90
Zimbabwe arrest, 79–83
Lendrum, Jeffrey Paul academic studies by, 55–56
African Hunting Gazette job, 226–28, 230–32
African import business, 119–23
animal rescue activities, 123–24
author’s contact with, 249–50, 255–59, 261–62
on black market falcon trade, 155
childhood egg collecting, 43, 44–46, 47
childhood ornithology interest, 50–51
marriage of, 199–200
Matobo National Park egg raiding, 59, 60–61
Matobo National Park raptor survey participation, 51–54, 55
McWilliam’s respect for, 214–15, 218
personality of, 47, 54, 55, 129–30, 258, 261–62
post-conviction contact with McWilliam, 222–25, 227–28
Rhodesian Bush War and, 57–58
school struggles of, 54, 57
South Africa activities, 117–19
split with Mullin, 200
visit to Waller in Dubai, 148–49
West Midlands home of, 197, 199–200
Zimbabwe arrest, 79–83
Zimbabwe trial (1984), 85–88, 90
See also Lendrum’s egg smuggling operation; Lendrum’s South Wales egg smuggling case
Lendrum, Paula (Lendrum’s sister), 57, 226
Lendrum, Peggy (Lendrum’s mother) family move to Rhodesia and, 49, 50
Adrian and Jeffrey Lendrum arrest and, 880
on Lendrum’s childhood egg collecting, 45
Lendrum’s fugitive life and, 251
Adrian and Jeffrey Lendrum trial and, 85
Lendrum, Richard (Lendrum’s brother) African Hunting Gazette job and, 226–27, 230–31
on family move to Rhodesia, 49
on Lendrum’s childhood, 50
on Lendrum’s fugitive life, 253–54
on Rhodesian Bush War, 57
Lendrum’s Canadian gyrfalcon egg trips, 160–70 arrival, 157–58
Dubai delivery, 158–59
Duncan’s suspicions, 173–74
egg raiding, 164–67
preparation for, 160–61
rationalization for, 160, 168
success of, 168–70
Lendrum’s egg smuggling operation Brazil case (2015), 241–45, 247–48
Canada arrest (2002), 175–78, 179, 180, 195–97
cover stories, 158, 171, 176, 210, 243–44, 256, 266–67
evidence of, 208–11
Griffiths as accomplice, 213
Heathrow arrest (2018), 262–64
Internet coverage, 236–37
lack of profit motivation for, 129–30
later incompetence, 256–57
media coverage, 179, 248
Mullin on, 126–30
Patagonia trip, 233–42
professionalism in, 20–21
proof of concept mission (1999), 126–27
trial (2019), 264–69
Waller proposal, 149
See also Lendrum’s Canadian gyrfalcon egg trips
Lendrum’s fugitive life author’s contact with Lendrum, 249–51, 255–59, 261–62, 268–69
beginning of, 248
downward spiral, 253–54
memoir plans, 257–58
raptor survey request, 251
Lendrum’s South Wales egg smuggling case (2010) assets search, 219–20
Birmingham arrest, 4–6, 7, 9, 20–21
Birmingham detention, 13–14, 29–30, 206–8
Birmingham interview, 23–29
Birmingham suspicions, 1–4, 13–14
cover stories, 6, 24, 26–27, 28
egg raiding trips, 201–6, 213
evidence, 27–28, 208–15
Featherstone consultation, 18–21
forfeiture, 219
imprisonment, 221–22, 224–25
initial charge, 17
media coverage, 18, 215–16, 218–19, 229–30
Mullin evidence, 211–12
parole, 225–26
plea hearing, 215–18
sentencing, 217–18
value of eggs, 215
Linnaeus, Carl, 127
Liverpool, 68–70
Liverpool World Museum, 272–75
Lorber, Pat evidence against Lendrum, 212
Adrian and Jeffrey Lendrum arrest and, 83
Lendrum’s childhood encounter with, 43–45
on Lendrum’s childhood ornithological interest, 51
on Lendrum’s recent raptor survey request, 251
on Lendrum trial (1984), 85, 87–88
on Matobo National Park raptor surveys, 59
Rhodesian Bush War and, 57, 58
Zimbabwe nation and, 60
luggar falcon (bizzuar), 132
Macdonald, Helen, 36, 41
Mackinder’s eagle owl, 60, 84–85
Matobo National Park African Black Eagle Survey, 51–54, 252
African hawk eagle survey, 55
Adrian and Jeffrey Lendrum egg raiding, 59, 60–61, 84–85
McDonald, Steven, 151
McLaren, Jamie, 103
McLaren, Lee, 103
McPartlin, John Jeffrey, 150
McWilliam, Andy on black market falcon trade, 14
childhood of, 63–64, 101
on egg collecting as obsession, 113, 114
Lendrum informant possibilities and, 258
Lendrum’s Heathrow arrest and, 263
Lendrum’s resentment toward, 249–50
on Lendrum trial (2019), 269–70
Merseyside police career, 68, 70–75
ornithological interest of, 8–9, 76–78
police career, 67–69, 70–75
police training, 64–67
post-conviction contacts with Lendrum, 222–25, 227–28
rugby injury, 8, 75–76
Surrey police career, 67–68
See also McWilliam’s wildlife crime investigation career
McWilliam, Linda (McWilliams’s wife), 67–68, 76, 186
McWilliam’s wildlife crime investigation career animal cruelty and, 18, 104–5, 194–95
BBC coverage, 183–84
bird laundering investigation, 9
Brunstrom and, 182
DNA evidence and, 192–93
environmental consciousness and, 16–17, 111
evidence against Lendrum, 208–11, 213–14
Garw Valley raids, 201–2
Green case, 95–97
Liverpool World Museum collection, 272–75
low respect for, 114–15, 192
Merseyside, 8, 9, 14, 93–97, 102–7, 183–84, 185–86
National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit and, 183
National Wildlife Crime Unit creation and, 185, 186
NWCU-RSPB tension and, 196
office politics and, 228–30
Operation Easter, 101–3, 107
Poached role, 107, 195, 196, 271–72
recent status of, 270–71
Rhondda Fawr Valley reenactment, 203–6
Shorrock collaboration, 93–95, 106
taxidermy and, 188–89
World Wildlife Fund award, 103
See also Lendrum’s South Wales egg smuggling case
Mead, Chris, 101
media coverage Lendrum’s egg smuggling operation, 179, 248
Lendrum’s South Wales egg smuggling case, 18, 215–16, 218–19, 229–30
Medieval European falconry, 32–33, 131, 142–43
Meng, Heinz K., 134
merlin, 32–33
Merseyside, Liverpool history of, 68–69
McWilliam’s police career, 68, 70–75
McWilliam’s wildlife crime investigation career, 8, 9, 14, 93–97, 102–7, 183–84, 185–86
Middle East. See Gulf States; Gulf States falconry
Middle East Falcon Research Group, 152
mining strike (1981), 71
Mirza, Husan-Dawlah, 143
Mirza, Timour, 33–34
Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai) breeding for, 41
conservation activities, 137
falcon racing and, 40
overseas hunting trips, 140, 141
Morris, Arthur, 204
Most Perfect Thing, The (Birkhead), 97–98, 100
mountain gorillas, 189
Mullin, Paul AfricaXtreme and, 119–23, 125–26, 200
author’s contact with Lendrum and, 249
Canada arrest and, 175–78, 179, 180, 195–97
evidence against Lendrum, 211–12
first contact with Lendrum, 118–19
on Lendrum’s animal rescue activities, 123–24
on Lendrum’s egg smuggling operation, 126–30
Lendrum’s marriage and, 199
split with Lendrum, 200
See also Lendrum’s Canadian gyrfalcon egg trips
Mundy, Peter, 89–90, 91, 219, 258
mussels, 188
National Crime Agency (Great Britain), 263
National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit, 181–83, 188
National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) black market rare-bird trade and, 193–94
broad activities of, 188–91
creation of, 184–87
current status of, 270–71
DNA evidence and, 192–93
Lendrum/Mullin Canada arrest and, 196–97
mandate of, 7–8
office politics (2010), 228–30
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds tensions with, 196
See also Lendrum’s South Wales egg smuggling case; McWilliam’s wildlife crime investigation career
Nazi Germany, 133
Ndlovu, Austin, 80–81
Newton, Alfred, 100
Nickens, T. Edward, 142
Nkomo, Joshua, 56–57, 58
Observer’s Book of British Birds, The (Benson), 76
Oologist, The, 98–99
oology. See egg collecting
Operation Bat, 188
Operation Easter, 101–3, 107
Operation Falcon, 150–51
ornithology BirdLife Zimbabwe, 84, 85, 86, 90, 216
egg collecting and, 97–98
Lendrum father and son work in, 51, 52–56
Lendrum’s childhood interest in, 50–51
Matobo National Park surveys, 51–54, 55, 59, 60, 84
McWilliam’s interest in, 8–9, 76–78
Rhodesian Ornithological Society, 50–51, 56, 58–59
See also Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Osprey, The (Pearson), 108
osprey, 108, 110
Ostrich (South African Ornithological Society), 55
Pakistan, 141
Pali Aike National Park, 233–35, 237–39
pallid peregrine falcon, 234–35, 238–39
Parks and Wildlife Act (1975) (Rhodesia), 82
Parry-Jones, Jemima, 135, 154, 266, 267
passage falcons, 132
Patagonia, Lendrum’s peregrine egg raiding, 233–42
Paulinus of Pella, 32
Pearson, W., 108
Peregrine, The (Baker), 35
Peregrine Falcon, The (Ratcliffe), 11
peregrine falcon appearance of, 9–10
CITES endangerment status, 12–13, 207
DDT and, 10–11
egg collectors and, 108
in Gulf States falconry, 34, 38, 132
Lendrum’s Patagonia egg raiding, 233–42
Lendrum’s sighting in Canada, 162–63
Lendrums’s Zimbabwe egg possession of, 82
in Medieval European falconry, 32
physical abilities, 34–36
prices for captive-bred, 40
protection regulations, 12–13
as territory threat to gyrfalcon, 160
as vermin, 40–41
See also Lendrum’s South Wales egg smuggling case
Peregrine Fund, 134
pesticides, 11–12
Philippe, Jerome, 230
pigeon men, 94, 201
Pirie, Colin, 18, 212–13
Plantlife UK, 190
Poached, 107, 195, 196, 271–72
poaching, 188
President Cup (Abu Dhabi), 39–40
Protection of Badgers Act (1992) (Great Britain), 104
Protection of Birds Act (1954) (Great Britain), 96, 101
Purches, Nicola, 217
Qatar, 40
raptor raiders. See black market falcon trade
Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai), 135, 139
Ratcliffe, Derek, 10–11, 12, 177, 273
Rathkeale Rovers, 270–71
redheaded weaver, 46
rhino-horn smuggling, 8
Rhodesia Hillside Dams, 43–44
Lendrum’s childhood egg collecting, 44–46
Lendrum’s family move to, 48–50
Rhodesian Bush War, 56–60
white privilege in, 49–50, 90
wildlife protection regulations, 46–47
See also Matobo National Park; Zimbabwe
Rhodesian Bush War, 56–60
Rhodesian Ornithological Society, 50–51, 56, 58–59 See also BirdLife Zimbabwe
Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) C Squadron, 57, 58, 119
Rhondda Fawr Valley, 202–6
Robara, 41
Roberts, Alan, 187, 189, 194, 214, 215
Rodrigues de Almeida, Paul Marcos, 244
Romilly, Giles, 86, 87, 88
Rothschild, Walter, 97, 100, 274
Ro
yal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (Great Britain) database of, 195
D’Cruze case and, 103
DNA evidence and, 191
on egg collecting, 100, 101
founding of, 93–94
McWilliam’s collaboration with, 93–95, 106
National Wildlife Crime Unit tensions with, 196
private prosecutions by, 181
South Wales peregrine chick release, 21
See also Shorrock, Guy
RSPB. See Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
saker falcon black market trade in, 152–53
endangerment of, 15, 153–54
in Medieval European falconry, 32
SAS C Squadron, 57, 58, 119
Saudi Arabia, 150, 153
Saunders, Neil, 265, 267–68
Saunders, Vallée, 174–75
savethefalcons.org, 179
Scott, Robert, 99
Scourge of the Birdman (Kinsley), 271–72
Sedley, Stephen, 217
Seiga, Joseph, 192
shahin. See peregrine falcon
Shorrock, Guy DNA evidence and, 191
on egg collecting obsession, 108–9
Green case and, 95–96
Lendrum/Mullin Canada arrest and, 195–96
McWilliam’s collaboration with, 93–95, 106
NWCU-RSPB tension and, 196
Operation Easter and, 101, 103
on peregrine endangerment status, 13
private prosecutions by, 181
on raptor poaching, 188
Silent Spring (Carson), 11–12, 16–17
Simcox, John Keith, 192–93
Sissen, Harry, 194, 225
skulls of endangered animals, 8, 189–90
Smith, Ian, 56, 58, 59
Smithwick, Richardson P., 98–99
snakes, 124
South Africa, Lendrum’s move to (1984), 90–91
Southern Rhodesia. See Rhodesia
South Wales Peregrine Monitoring Group, 201
Soutport Zoo case, 104–5
Spallanzani, Lazzaro, 273–74
sparrow hawk, 33
Stevens, Ronald, 167
Stewart, Alan, 102
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