Birds circling around the drone can be a bit un-nerving. Flocks of swallows swoop around almost every flight in the Spring, here.
I managed to snatch a frame from one of last year's videos as one swooped across the lens of the MPP.

Made the best out of the unnerving situation!

Depp Posted at 1-19 23:08
Made the best out of the unnerving situation!

Thanks Depp.  They're a constant companion to many summer flights around here. But very little risk of collisions - they're so agile.

They are scary and ruin your work...
Get them away.
Boooo.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-20 00:42
They are scary and ruin your work...
Get them away.
Boooo.

No I disagree   They're harmless, and catching the odd one in frame by chance, as happened here, only adds to the viewing experience   Seagulls or hawks, on the other hand, are really menacing.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 00:50
No I disagree   They're harmless, and catching the odd one in frame by chance, as happened here, only adds to the viewing experience   Seagulls or hawks, on the other hand, are really menacing.

Sorry, my joke was not that clear.
I really like swallows.
Beautiful birds.
Although they can ruin your footage.
A lot.

Cool shot!

Montfrooij Posted at 1-20 01:16
Sorry, my joke was not that clear.
I really like swallows.
Beautiful birds.

I love swallows, but they try to nest in the windows of the house, which can make a real mess below. They have to be constantly discouraged.

ckat007 Posted at 1-20 01:18
Cool shot!

Thank you. A lucky capture.

Great capture.   We have a lot of swallows around the castle but they've never been a problem so far.

DAFlys Posted at 1-20 01:34
Great capture.   We have a lot of swallows around the castle but they've never been a problem so far.

They have as much right to be there as we have

Great shot Captain! the swallows are the ones that guard your flight. I don't think they are capable of attacking.

thanks for sharing!

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 01:24
I love swallows, but they try to nest in the windows of the house, which can make a real mess below. They have to be constantly discouraged.

We make a small board below their nests.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 01:59
They have as much right to be there as we have

I think they are very pretty little birds,   unlike gulls.

QQRUCH Posted at 1-20 03:00
Great shot Captain! the swallows are the ones that guard your flight. I don't think they are capable of attacking.

thanks for sharing!

No they are not a particular danger. They are scared of the drone and circle round it, calling constantly to try and chase it off

Montfrooij Posted at 1-20 03:03
We make a small board below their nests.

It may be cruel, but when they come and start glueing mud to the corner of the window, it takes them about 3 days to complete a nest. We don't let it get that far, we break it all off every evening before they can complete it. After a few days they give up and go elsewhere.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 04:05
It may be cruel, but when they come and start glueing mud to the corner of the window, it takes them about 3 days to complete a nest. We don't let it get that far, we break it all off every evening before they can complete it. After a few days they give up and go elsewhere.

That is cruel indeed.

You know they are great mosquito weapons right?
They eat about 50.000 insects per week!

Montfrooij Posted at 1-20 04:11
That is cruel indeed.

You know they are great mosquito weapons right?

They're quite welcome to nest under my neighbours' window-ledges, just not mine

Very impressive capture.    Swallows are amazing birds.

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-20 04:51
Very impressive capture.    Swallows are amazing birds.

Thanks - they so swift and agile, swooping around.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 04:14
They're quite welcome to nest under my neighbours' window-ledges, just not mine

Hahahahahahahaha.
We make special wooden boards below their mud pools.
So we don't have the mess, but do accommodate these nice creatures!

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 04:58
Thanks - they so swift and agile, swooping around.

You're very welcome.  

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 04:03
No they are not a particular danger. They are scared of the drone and circle round it, calling constantly to try and chase it off

Hello there Blériot53. Thank you for reaching out and for sharing this amazing capture. Nicely done and fly safe always. .

DJI Stephen Posted at 1-24 22:34
Hello there Blériot53. Thank you for reaching out and for sharing this amazing capture. Nicely done and fly safe always.  .

Thank you DJI Stephen

Nice capture. Fairly sharp and in focus for such a speedy little bird. I often get the little blue swifts/swallows dive bombing my drone. (more so the MAir as the Mavic Pro 2.)

Charissa Posted at 1-25 00:39
Nice capture. Fairly sharp and in focus for such a speedy little bird. I often get the little blue swifts/swallows dive bombing my drone. (more so the MAir as the Mavic Pro 2.)

Thanks. The original footage was shot in 4K @ 29.97 FPS, which no doubt helped with the clarity of the frame grab. I retouched and sharpened it slightly using G.I.M.P. 2.10.22

Blériot53 Posted at 1-25 00:54
Thanks. The original footage was shot in 4K @ 29.97 FPS, which no doubt helped with the clarity of the frame grab. I retouched and sharpened it slightly using G.I.M.P. 2.10.22

They are difficult to capture, even with a fast shutter speed and some good lenses.

Charissa Posted at 1-25 01:06
They are difficult to capture, even with a fast shutter speed and some good lenses.

A lot of my video footage has glimpses of birds swooping across the field of view, but there was a large slice of luck in being able to freeze-frame on this particular one.  Often, all you get is a blur

Blériot53 Posted at 1-24 23:04
Thank you DJI Stephen

Hi there Blériot53. You are very much welcome and thank you for the reply. Have a safe and a happy flying always. .

That's a great capture. They do get curious sometimes.

DroneJunkieQc Posted at 1-31 19:45
That's a great capture. They do get curious sometimes.

It was a bold fly-by, by the swallow

Blériot53 Posted at 1-31 23:16
It was a bold fly-by, by the swallow

I notice sometimes when I fly the birds do a large circle around my drone.

DroneJunkieQc Posted at 2-1 05:39
I notice sometimes when I fly the birds do a large circle around my drone.

The flocks of smaller birds do like to circle a drone, but it's the larger carrion crows and buzzards that make me nervous. They're far more aggressive in their approach. Seagulls too.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-20 01:25
Thank you. A lucky capture.

You're very welcome.

Better to get that shot, than to have the shot of the bird coming at you with claws.

NeonOrange Posted at 4-4 12:39
Better to get that shot, than to have the shot of the bird coming at you with claws.

It was a lucky shot. I only spotted the frame when editing the video.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-4 14:44
It was a lucky shot. I only spotted the frame when editing the video.

Sometimes you get it, other times it gets you! Well, looks like you got it!

NeonOrange Posted at 4-6 17:40
Sometimes you get it, other times it gets you! Well, looks like you got it!

I was quite pleased with it