Up to 3,000 Black Headed Gulls and Mew Gulls eggs were stolen from the Copeland Islands last summer.
It is thought they are being bought by restaurants in the south-east of England for about £6 to £7 per egg.
I can see the menu: Our eggs come from gulls fed on only the finest Northern Ireland landfill.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall would applaud.
I have a hankering for a nice refreshing glass of gull egg-nog.