JTweedie
Well-known member
On a short visit to the Isle of Cumbrae today, an island that has very light vehicular traffic and is popular with walkers and cyclists on its quiet-ish roads, it provides relative peace and quiet for the birds around the shore.
But today on my way back to the ferry I heard a buzzing noise and saw a drone flying low along the shore, causing the birds to take flight. Waders are notoriously flighty birds, but this really doesn't help. Turned out it was a guy sitting in his car (with the engine idling). I don't know if he was doing it deliberately, or if, like many dog walkers, he had no idea he's causing a disturbance.
I can't say I noticed drones being used to disturb birds very often, but is it an issue elsewhere?
But today on my way back to the ferry I heard a buzzing noise and saw a drone flying low along the shore, causing the birds to take flight. Waders are notoriously flighty birds, but this really doesn't help. Turned out it was a guy sitting in his car (with the engine idling). I don't know if he was doing it deliberately, or if, like many dog walkers, he had no idea he's causing a disturbance.
I can't say I noticed drones being used to disturb birds very often, but is it an issue elsewhere?