Bird attack!

quirom · Jul 28, 2019

What kind of white bird is that? I recorded one of them shortly in the video, not very clear though.
Context: I was flying over the river in city, 50m high. A white bird (seagull?) came to scream at my Mavic, chased it, before calling around 10 of his brothers to join the chase.
Luckily sport mode saved my ***, but I need to know why they were so aggressive, and how to avoid this in the future.

Hiwayman · Jul 28, 2019

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What kind of white bird is that? I recorded one of them shortly in the video, not very clear though.
Context: I was flying over the river in city, 50m high. A white bird (seagull?) came to scream at my Mavic, chased it, before calling around 10 of his brothers to join the chase.
Luckily sport mode saved my ***, but I need to know why they were so aggressive, and how to avoid this in the future.

Looks like a seagull to me.
Lots round here where I live.
Aggressive when protecting young birds. More aggressive in built up areas I find.. maybe due to fighting others for food.
Higher altitudes help..they seem less bothered.
No easy answers on this issue I'm afraid.
Fly up to avoid them then get home.

quirom · Jul 28, 2019

Thank you for your comments. Agree with everything you said.

Sergioizi · Jul 28, 2019

It really looks like a seagull. The strange thing is that seagulls don't attack in flocks. Individually they attack if the nest is near, and the most correct is to go up and away, because they do not give up while the "predator" is near.

quirom · Jul 30, 2019

Sergioizi said:
It really looks like a seagull. The strange thing is that seagulls don't attack in flocks. Individually they attack if the nest is near, and the most correct is to go up and away, because they do not give up while the "predator" is near.

At first there was a single seagull but soon later he called the reinforcement. I didnt realize the situation, and in fact at that scary moment I changed the direction and flied toward their nest lol