THIS IS A SCREEN CAPTURE OF THE VIDEO I WAS TAKING AT THE TIME. I paused the video on this frame, did a screen capture, imported into photoshop, saved it as a jpg, and uploaded it here.
While at the beach flying over the ocean, large flocks of seagulls approached and flew directly under the Mavic 3 while it was hovering near the shoreline. Looks beautiful and amazing as they pass in a unified formation.
Lyme Regis is a seaside resort on the coast of Dorset, UK
You can find more information here: Lyme Regis - Wikipedia
The aerial part of the video was a bit complicated due to a local population of seagulls being particularly aggressive.
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