Skomer

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You might think on an island with only five people, the Corona Virus is only a distant murmur through the water.

puffin majority of the people that are around 4,400 to Skomer , off the Pembrokeshire coast, with half of The World 's Manx shearwaters there are also.

There are few people to disturb The Birds for most of the year anyway.

But if warden Nathan Wilkie developed a cough after the off-season break began on The Mainland , one of the UK's most remote.

Mr Wilkie, 29, returned with another warden Sylwia Zbijewska, 29, after a Pause, on The Mainland , and in March, when he began to cough, he decided to take precautions.

2016 census suggested there were up to 22,000 puffins on Skomer

"I'm sort of shows possible symptoms, and it is difficult to know whether it's coronavirus or not," He Said .

"In Theory , we have come in contact with very few people, but because of me and Sylwia share accommodation, we are both in quarantine, basically. "

The pair were working guard on The Island , starting in 2018, for The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales .

There are no neighbours, apart from the day-trippers between may and mid-July, so that you can cut to a existence mostly from civilization.

Skomer Island is known for its bright flowering of the bluebells

Mr Wilkie and Ms Zbijewska, were now to separate of three new island recruits for the First Time to help on the reserve.

"would you Imagine That we have isolated for most of the year, that what happens on The Mainland doesn't really affect us, but in this situation it does," Said Mrs Zbijewska.

to cook Under normal circumstances, the life on The Island and to socialize together during the winter evenings.

But the quarantine-pair-from, the girls split from The Others and stay on The Opposite side of The Island , about a 15-minute Walk Away .

And self-isolation it has been "difficult" for the couple, who usually travel over The Sea to their food from The Mainland .

needs as a result of the Corona Virus outbreak in The Islanders now, to friends, and to leave local shops, supplies at the dock on The Other side, allowing you to travel there later to collect it.

"One thing that we miss is definitely ice-cream. This is Said to be difficult to Get Out to us, without melting it," Mr Wilkie.

Skomer Island is sparsely populated with only five residents in the summer

And while you have very limited internet connection and phone signal, the guards will feel happy, share the landscape with wild animals such as puffins, seals and dolphins.

"We are likely to see don \' T like a lot of Netflix and movies, like Other People ," Mr Wilkie Said .

"During season, we often go late in the night and observe the Manx Shearwater birds fly," Ms Zbijewska added.

"It's just something spectacular about the going out at night here, especially if it's a beautiful night. "

It is one of the many spectacles of nature, the pair are hoping to live-stream would be the visitors in The Next few weeks.

During the summer months, Skomer in General, hundreds of wild animals, welcomes visitors for A Day on the boat trips to The Island .

stop with all the future trips now, about Covid-19, there is growing concern about what it could mean for the long-term future of The Island .

"The consequences of The Loss of this revenue would be disastrous for all of us," Said Mr Wilkie Said .

With that in mind, the couple try to "update all, would visit as often as we can".

Ms Zbijewska Said : "We speak of what we have been up to with the wildlife on The Island . We try on daily updates now, and.

"Because of The Situation in which we have tried to promise the people, we will do what we can. "

And Mr Wilkie and Ms Zbijewska Said they were from their forced hibernation, on Sunday, after Two Weeks of self-isolation.

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Source of news: bbc.com