[jacquesm]

First stop would be the municipality, to see if this can be resolved in a non-legal way, second would be the police because flying drones over built up ground is illegal in many places, finally, recording people without their consent is illegal in private space (such as your garden).

I'm not the nicest person in the world and if someone flew a drone over my garden I would ignore it but if they would hover there long enough for me to be irritated I just might attempt to bring it down.

That would at least force the owner to identify themselves and I can afford to replace the drone if ordered to do so by a judge.

[bufferoverflow]

> recording people without their consent is illegal in private space

Not if it's visible from the public space.

OP should check the local laws first. It's possible he had no recourse, depending on how high the drone flies. It's not like airplanes need your permission to fly over your property.

[jacquesm]

The air above your garden is not exactly 'public space'.

People will put all kinds of visible barriers around their house to get some privacy, hovering your drone over those barriers is clearly a breach of sorts.

Depending on where this is happening the laws will vary but here is one example from the UK:

http://www.prettys.co.uk/drones-and-the-law

[cartercole]

is OP in the UK as I understand the drone laws any airspace over your house is a public thoroughfare

[loriverkutya]

In the UK you cannot fly drones near any houses or person (less then 50 meters)

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/drones-are-you-flying-you...

[PeterisP]

Public airspace starts rather high (500 feet?), a random drone flying over your garden at 300 ft height is technically located in your private property.