Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie

The signature sea arch of the Moray coast — a quartzite fin shaped like the tip of a fiddle bow, standing just off the cliffs at Portknockie. It's tailor-made for drones because the best angle is impossible on foot: orbit seaward and the arch frames the horizon, or drop low over the swell for a moody backlit silhouette at sunrise (the arch faces broadly east/north, so dawn light rakes through the gap beautifully). From the clifftop viewpoint you launch over land and fly out to sea — always keeping the machine upwind so an onshore breeze can't strand it. This is exposed Moray Firth coast, so wind and salt spray are the constant enemies; a sub-250g drone needs a genuinely calm morning, and I'd rinse the props afterwards. Seabirds (fulmars, gulls, shags) nest on the stack in late spring and summer, so give it height and distance during breeding season and don't hover over the colony. No blanket restrictions here — but note RAF Lossiemouth's FRZ lies ~29km west, so you are comfortably clear. Park in the village and walk five minutes to the headland.