Oyster Card

While Dot spotting yesterday I chanced upon this drone patrolling up and down the River frontage.

 

The local Gulls and especially an Oyster Catcher were not best pleased about it and were making a heck of a din while dive-bombing the intruder

 

I've only seen the odd one from a distance so I sought out the 'pilot' standing not too far away and got chatting.

 

Funded under a joint scheme by the local Council and a Government initiative it's being used in relation to the local Gull population and also some COVID19 'Social Distancing' monitoring.

 

For both uses, the drone is equipped with an AF (Audio Feed) system where the operator can either invoke Gull 'distress' calls to try and disperse them or for the latter, various voice commands can be activated so as to remotely advise any groups or individuals of the error of their ways and suggest appropriate actions.

 

This was just a practice run for an initial three month trial and in my book, the jury is out as whether it will be effective.

Time will tell.

 

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