Dawlish Warren SSSI

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Im on holiday in Devon.

Im staying near Dawlish Warren and took the drone to the beach, but when i checked before flying there was an SSSI

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I couldn’t work out if the sssi was in force 24/7 or seasonal ext so chose not to fly in the area just encase. I moved to the area free of any warnings and still managed to get a nice landscape shot of the family on the beach from a distance

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Tonight the life guards did a fantastic show of emergency recovery to raise funds and due to the sssi i didn’t even contemplate flying and even if i did it would have been on the outskirts so not interfering

As i was watching it, a little neo type drone appeared right over the action, i couldn’t see the person flying it so assume it wasn’t by filmed by the organiser but it could have been, and I’m not implying he was flying out of line of site.

But with the current info how do i tell if he was flying incorrectly in sssi or if im missing air space as i can’t read the sssi right.

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Hi mate, yellow area are information only in this instance its saying 20,000 none breeding birds or/ and reptiles, problem is if your drone makes them behave differently or your flying disturbed them it could be deemed as a countryside wildlife act which is a serious offence. However you can fly in sssi area but its were you takeoff an land could also be the issue. Regarding other people flying regardless if its not in line of sight thats there problem

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Thanks for reply.
I was mentioning others flying to give context that it made me think i might not have had the full picture.
But i also didnt want to take the fact that they were flying as its ok.

So I thought i would ask for clarity.
My stance was i wasnt sure so i aired on the side of caution.

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I fly in sssi area but i do have permission to takeoff an land on greensefton coastline which is sefton council, thats why i said its were you plan to takeoff from could be an issue

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