While driving through London today around 5pm I noticed a drone hovering around a building block near Waterloo Station/London eye. Im assuming this would not be allowed under normal circumstances but was wondering if there is a way to tell if it was an official flight or one of you buggers trying your luck 
Not being all drone police or anything like that. Im more curious than anything else
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I think commercial flights possibly can as they require insurance. I’ve found quite a few flights on ‘drone assist NATS’ app.
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Interesting thanks for the reply. It was hovering around a building block so Im thinking maybe it was surveying or something similar 
I am a PfCO holder who lives and flies in London.
So with that being said he was either as @bobhouse said flying commercially and he would have to have insurance and the necessary permissions and authorisations or illegally.
But I would imagine that he was just like this guy from 2016 Drone pilot 'breaks every rule in book' with incredible video footage of London | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
Needs doing for sure just to capture a snapshot of history, but by a professional with all the insurance and a drone with a parachute maybe? 
drone parachutes are a thing apparently