Lockdown puts wildlife conservation on Devon's Lundy Island at risk

Former pirate's haunt is a refuge for rare species, but coronavirus has kept away day trippers it relies on for funds

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For centuries, the tiny island of Lundy and its wonderful flora and fauna have - just about - survived the ravages of pirates, profiteers, rodents and rampaging rhododendron.

But the futures of rare birds and plants, plus the livelihoods of the hardy humans who live on this windswept hunk of granite off the Devon coast, are being put at risk by the Covid-19 pandemic.