Find what is lying hidden in the grass.
In late spring a doe leaves her fawn lying still in the hay you are about to cut, and from a tractor seat you can't see it. And when your animals give birth, a newborn can lie apart from the herd. At first light we fly the field with thermal, find them by their warmth, and send you each spot.
Opening for commercial work in the first quarter of 2027.
Why first light
Thermal finds an animal lying still by the difference between its warmth and the ground's. Once the sun is on the field the grass warms, and the difference goes. So we fly at first light, as close to the cut or the start of work as we can get.
Before the field work starts
For fawns, nests and other young lying in the grass, on the morning you cut hay or start work in a field.
Tell us the fields
Which fields you are cutting or working, and which morning. Tell us as early as you can. We plan the flights the evening before and tell you then how many fields one morning can cover, so the rest can wait for the next.
We fly at first light
Over each field in rows, with the thermal camera, in the order you will work them.
Each find is pinned
A pin on a map for each fawn or nest we find, sent to you as each field is flown. We don't handle them.
We fly it again
Before you start, we fly each field again for anything the first pass missed.
You start
Field by field, mowing around each pin or leaving that patch for later.
What a scan finds, and what it can miss
What it finds
Before haying and other field work: fawns, the nests of ground-nesting birds and young hares, anything warm lying still in the grass. In season: calves, foals, lambs, piglets, kids and crias.
What it can miss
Grass so tall and thick it hides the warmth, or a morning that is already warm. One can be missed in a field that read well, too.
We tell you which fields we couldn't read well, rather than call them clear.
When your animals give birth
A cow often calves away from the herd and leaves her calf lying hidden, and a foal, lamb, piglet, kid or cria can end up apart from its mother. Flown at first light, thermal finds a newborn by its warmth.
Where each one is
A pin on a map for each newborn we find, sent as each field is flown, so you can go straight to it.
What it can't tell you
Whether a newborn is well. Thermal shows where it is and that it is warm, and you or your vet judge the rest.
What a scan gets you
What you get
| On the morning | A call or a text field by field as each is flown, with a map link to each find |
| The second flight | Before the field work starts, we fly each field again and tell you what it found, and which fields we couldn't read well |
| The record | Each field flown, the time, and where anything was found |
| How it reaches you | An email tells you when the record is ready. It is kept with the property's other records. |
| The aircraft | The Matrice 30T, launched at your field, or the Matrice 4TD from a dock on your property. Both carry thermal. |