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Gough Island Restoration Programme – The Jolly Geo joins on!

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    The road (flight, ship, heli…) to Gough

    May–September 2021

    150 years ago British sealers introduced invasive mice to Gough Island, a British Overseas Territory in the Southern Atlantic. Ever since, the mice have threatened the island’s rich biodiversity, predating on seabird chicks and causing seabird populations to plummet.

    The RSPB’s Gough Island Restoration Programme set out to rid the island of mice using cutting-edge conservation techniques, and protect the unique flora and fauna of Gough. The Jolly Geo was lucky enough to be involved!

    1Days 1–21 Hotel quarantine in Cape Town
    222–29 Sailing the Southern Atlantic on the SA Agulhas II. Cape Town to Gough Island
    330–97 ON GOUGH ISLAND
    498–103 Voyage back to Cape Town, via Tristan da Cunha
    5104–107 Team wrap-up and R&R in Cape Town
    6108–112 Safari! Visits to Cape Point and West Coast National Parks
    7113–119 Solo R&R in Camps Bay, Cape Town
    8120–125 Dublin self-quarantine (thanks Ireland for letting me in!)
    9126–130 A Dublin holiday with mates
    10Day 131Touchdownnn! Cambridge, UK

    Check out The Jolly Geo Gough Blog to see what I got up to


    And here’s something a bit more official…

    The RSPB’s July 2021 Newsletter


    Some of my expedition highlights (more coming!)

    Photo credits:
    Roelf Daling
    Bryan Patterson
    Hendrei Vorster
    Chris ‘Drones’ Jones
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