Pike Corner SSSI Nature Reserve - Added to Lakes and Reservoirs in South West

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:

Land owner permission not required.

Parking: 51.646037, -1.942131
TOAL: 51.645963, -1.948876

Be careful here, as there are quite a few large birds. I took off and immediately flew to 120m up, kept it in normal mode.

One of the lakes (old flooded quarries) is abnormally blue, even turquoise. Quarry water often has a low pH (due to pyrite oxidation usually) which acts to flocculate and settle out clays and other particulate matter. Presence of micro-organisms tends to turn water greenish.

Pike Corner is a 15.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in north Wiltshire, England, notified in 1986. The site lies southwest of Ashton Keynes village and covers two low-lying meadows in the floodplain of the Swill Brook.

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 06/12/2022. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

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You can even see the colour difference on Google Earth …