Yesterday i was out testing my drone above a canal area in Edinburgh, and within a minute or two of flying, seagulls were clearly unhappy ( making some noise and flying around drone ) Trying to stay calm i flew away and up to approx 70m height and Seagulls continued to pose a danger to my flight ( and themselves ) at one stage almost crashing into the drone ( a lucky escape ) i returned to home and when landed the seagulls were clearly still interested in the drone. I decided to wait 10 minutes or so, and thinking it may be safer and that birds had left area - but after take off, a similar scenario happened and i landed again and tried briefly again with similar results. Often i hover the drone relatively still in an area whilst setting up good view with camera, but i did not feel safe with the drone stopping as was likely to get hit by birds. Luckily my drone was not knocked out of sky, and of course all other conditions, lighting and wind etc were perfect! I would like to return to this area but figure it's maybe not best idea! I'm fairly new to drones but not had this happen before and wondered if this is likely to be more of a problem at this time of year ( could it be because there were nests in area? ) and perhaps safe to return in a month or two, or if best practice would be to just try again and be wary ( although figure the same thing is likely to happen and do not want to lose drone) or perhaps not return again to that area.
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