Environmental.
Environmental duties turn on evidence, and on how a site changes over time. We capture large, difficult or sensitive ground quickly and repeatably, with the vegetation, terrain and thermal layers a ground survey cannot match.
Evidence,
and how it
changes.
Environmental obligations and natural-capital reporting increasingly turn on evidence that a site was in a given state, and on how that state moves over time. A single survey answers the first question. A repeatable one answers the second, which is the harder and more valuable part.
Drones capture coastline, wetland, landfill, quarry and farmland quickly, from the same points each time, and add multispectral and thermal layers that show vegetation stress, water and discharge that the eye and a ground walk-over miss. The result is a dated, comparable record for regulators, funders and your own planning, gathered without putting surveyors on unstable ground or disturbing habitats.
Where it pays
off for the
environment.
Plain-language applications for councils, environmental consultancies and landowners. Each one turns a site into a dated, comparable record.
Coastal & erosion monitoring
Repeatable capture of coastline, cliffs and defences, measuring erosion and movement between visits against a fixed baseline.
Flood & drainage mapping
Terrain and water-flow mapping for flood risk, drainage design and post-event assessment, across areas that are slow to walk.
Vegetation & habitat survey
Multispectral capture showing vegetation health and extent, providing the aerial data your ecologist or land team assesses.
Land & contaminated-site condition
Condition records of landfill, quarries, brownfield and restoration sites, with thermal where discharge or hot-spots matter.
Illegal tipping & site occupation
Rapid aerial evidence of fly-tipping, unauthorised waste and site occupation, dated and located for enforcement.
Restoration & change monitoring
Scheduled re-surveys with change detection, evidencing restoration, re-wilding and natural-capital progress over time.
More ground,
more data,
over time.
What aerial capture changes for an environmental team, in practical terms.
Change you can measure
Fixed capture points re-flown on schedule, so erosion, vegetation and restoration are measured, not estimated.
Layers the eye misses
Multispectral and thermal reveal vegetation stress, water and discharge a ground walk-over cannot see.
Difficult ground, safely
Coastline, wetland and unstable sites surveyed without putting people on hazardous terrain.
Low disturbance
Sensitive habitats recorded with minimal physical intrusion compared with a ground survey.
Defensible evidence
Dated, geo-located records that stand up with regulators, funders and in enforcement.
Works with your experts
Data delivered in the formats your ecologists, consultants and GIS teams already use.
What you
receive.
Comparable environmental evidence for assessment, reporting and enforcement.
Orthomosaic & terrain model
Geo-referenced GeoTIFF and surface model of the site for measurement and design.
Multispectral & thermal layers
Vegetation-index and thermal outputs for habitat, water and discharge assessment.
Change-detection report
Measured change between visits for erosion, vegetation and restoration.
Dated evidence pack
Geo-located, timestamped imagery for regulators, funders and enforcement.
Environmental
team questions.
More in the FAQ hub.
High-resolution imagery, orthomosaics and terrain models, plus multispectral layers for vegetation health and thermal for water and discharge. These support coastal and flood monitoring, habitat and land-condition assessment, and change detection over time.
Yes. We fly fixed capture points on a schedule and run change detection between visits, so erosion, vegetation, restoration progress and unauthorised activity are tracked against a dated baseline rather than estimated.
We provide the aerial capture and data that ecological and environmental assessment relies on, and we work alongside your ecologist or consultant. Protected-species survey and licensed ecological work is carried out by qualified ecologists, with our data feeding their assessment.
Yes. Aerial capture reaches coastline, wetland, landfill, quarry and other unstable or sensitive ground without putting surveyors on it and with minimal disturbance to habitats, which is often safer and less intrusive than a ground survey.