Nest & Egg Collectors

Mark Cocker is a Guardian Country Diarist and is the author of Birds Britannica (Chatto & Windus, 2005 ISBN 0701169079 @ 23 GBPounds www.amazon.co.uk). His latest book, A Tiger in the Sand (Jonathan Cape, £10) a collection of his Guardian articles, is published this week: ISBN 0224078828

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,,1941610,00.html

The nest generation

Collecting birds' eggs has long been illegal, but it was a youthful pastime that led many people to become deeply involved in conservation. Mark Cocker on how we are stopping children from engaging with wildlife

Wednesday November 8, 2006The Guardian (c)