A watch on the island that never breaks.
After an eradication, the risk is the animal that swims or stows across. ORCA keeps drones over the coastline day and night, swapping them in and out to charge, and keeps eyes on anything that comes ashore until your rangers get there.
From what your team does today, to what the fleet does for it.
The work is capped by headcount
- Traps and cameras are checked on a cycle, so an incursion is found days or weeks later.
- By then the animal has moved and may have bred.
- Each response starts from scratch with a new search.
One operator, the whole fleet
- The coastline is covered every hour of the night.
- A confirmed find is watched until rangers arrive.
- Rangers start the response knowing where the animal is.
Why this job needs more than one drone.
A fleet earns its place when there’s too much ground for the time available, when coverage can’t have a gap, or when people are the limit.
Swaps, not breaks
A single drone has to land to charge. A fleet tags in and out, so the watch is held.
Watch and keep searching
While one drone holds a find, the rest keep the coastline covered.
Rangers where they matter
Your team responds to confirmed sightings instead of checking empty traps.
Answers your team can act on.
Not hours of footage. Each output goes straight into the systems you already use.
Who it’s for
- Island rangers
- Sanctuary managers
- Conservation incident teams
Night flying and flights beyond line of sight need additional approval from the aviation regulator. That work can run with a certified operator while the safety case is built.
Watch log
Per nightCoverage held, passes flown and every swap.
Incursion report
Images + trackWhat was seen, when, where it went and who confirmed it.
Hand-over pack
For rangersLocation, images and the animal’s track for the response team.
Biosecurity record
For the planMonths of watch in one place, ready for audits and funders.
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See ORCA on work like yours.
Tell us about the ground you look after and where it’s hardest to cover. We’ll walk you through how a fleet would run it, and what a first trial could look like.