RSPB conservationists stranded on remote island return home to UK after epic voyage
Four Britons were part of the international group who became stranded on Gough Island, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, about 1,700 miles west of Cape Town, South Africa.The group travelled by yacht to the uninhabited island at the end of February to start work onBut the project had to be postponed amid the coronavirus outbreak.Unable to return via South Africa due to lockdown travel restrictions, the group considered travelling to St Helena or the Falkland Islands.
From there, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office arranged for them to take an RAF flight - which was delivering essential supplies to the island - back to the UK.As well as the four Britons, the team also included several South Africans and others from Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Greece.
Millions of birds on the World Heritage Site are killed every year by oversized mice introduced by sailors during the 19th century.The rodents - about twice as big as normal mice - eat the chicks alive and have been seen attacking adult albatrosses.
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