31 May 2023

A North East water company is set to explore how the use of flying robots can help it improve the quality of the region’s rivers and coastal waters. Northumbrian Water has teamed up with cloud data experts, Makutu, to begin a desk-top study which could see cutting-edge drone technology used to routinely sample and carry […]

13 Dec 2016

Drones are a practical alternative to more traditional methods of counting seabirds for environmental assessments of offshore wind farms, a trial in the UK has proved. NIRAS has completed a successful trial using drones for a bird study on the east coast of England. The innovative study was funded by DONG Energy in order to […]

02 Aug 2016

It is the first 30 seconds of this video filmed by drone that is really interesting. Gavin Maxwell was among the first to describe ‘shoals’ of hundreds of basking sharks layers deep in the sea and as far as the eye could see. How these giants interact in these shoals in still an interesting area […]

15 Mar 2016

Two articles on Global Fishing Watch and the second on the proposed use of drones for Pitcairn Island MPA  Global Fishing Watch – Using Satellites to Assist Fisheries Management In November 2014, Oceana unveiled the prototype of a new tool that will enhance transparency and accountability in commercial fishing fleets around the world. A public […]