The alert has been sounded at second homes hotspot Burnham Market, near Wells.

One local scrambled the parish council, which has now issued a warning in the village magazine.

Further details have not been made public and it is not clear who the pilot of the craft was or why it was being flown, whether to snoop on properties or for innocent reasons.

But it comes after people living in Castle Combe, near Bath in the even-posher Cotswolds, put up warning signs after being buzzed by tourists who were filming their homes.

Burnham Market, where the parish council has issued a warning over drones (Image: Matthew Usher)

And drones are also now commonly used by estate agents looking to sell lavish properties in the Burnhams and along the Norfolk coast with aerial photography.

Parish clerk Annalisa Dovey took aim at droners in the Burnhams Newsletter.

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